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BISHOP Wl'Kl W HONYMAN, 
Bishop oi I >rkm j and Z< tland, [664 [6 
Born [619; died (Pages 19, 146. eft I 



THE 

HONEYMAN FAMILY 

(Honeyman, Honyman, Hunneman, Etc.) 

IN SCOTLAND AND AMERICA 



i ^48 - 1 908 



BY 

A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN 

Author of " Joannes Nevius and His Descendants," " Bright Days in 
Merrie England," Etc. 



"The Glory of the Children are Their Fathers.' 



PLAINFIELD, N. J. : 

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SPECIAL .VOTE. 
The author requests thai raiders who find errors of consequence in names 

or dates -will promptly communicate the facts to him. 



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Copyright, 1909, by 
A. Van Doren Honeyman 



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Princoton, N. J. 



PREFACE. 

It is needless to say that the preparation of this work has involved 
correspondence and researches extending through a period of several 
years, and includes personal investigations by the author in Scotland. 

It is to be regretted that many connections between Scotch families 
and between some of the American lines and their Scotch ancestors can- 
not be satisfactorily made, but the author has done his best to secure 
all possible facts, and it is hoped that, even in its present shape, this 
work will have interest and value to all who bear the Honeyman name. 

Unfortunately, there is less interest among Scotchmen and Scotch- 
Americans concerning their ancestry than among Hollanders and Ger- 
mans in America and their kinsmen. One reason is that few family 
records have been or are now kept in Scotland, and there is unusual 
difficulty in securing family facts preceding the Nineteenth century. 
The writer has learned through correspondence that the great major- 
ity of existing Scotch families, bearing the name Honeyman, and its 
kindred spellings, have no Bible or other records beyond their grand- 
parents, and frequently not beyond their parents. For this reason ex- 
isting Scottish families appear in so fragmentary a manner in this work. 
Nevertheless, the mass of collected facts, published in Part III, obtained 
at large expense from the Registry office in Edinburgh, may help some 
living persons, or those who shall come after, to trace their ancestry 
beyond the point where it is begun in the ensuing pages. In some 
cases Part IV may lead to the identification of relatives who have gone 
to distant lands. 

The period in Scotch history preceding the reign of Mary Queen 
of Scots is without chronicles, so far as private family records are con- 
cerned. Indeed, it was not until the time of the Reformation that 
church records were begun; before that date Scottish births, marriages 
and deaths are usually undiscoverable. 

Part III might have been enlarged by searching in more parish 
records outside of Fife, but the expense of continuing the search has 
prevented the author from making them. 

One great difficulty in tracing family genealogy in Scotland is the 
repetition of identical surnames with no middle names to designate 
one from the other. John, James, Charles, Robert, William, etc., are 
repeated in families generation after generation, and this has made the 
identification of ancestors in distinct lines an almost hopeless task. 



It \\"iiM require a six months' residence in Scotland, with personal in- 
quiries among all living Honeyman Eamilies there, to effect a disentan- 
glement of the confusion. 

This work grew wholly out of the desire of the author to ascertain 
the parents and grandparents of hi> great-grandfather. John Honeyman, 
the mysterious "Spy of Washington." This sought-for object has 1 1< >i 
been obtained. Nevertheless, the mass of facts resulting was too great 
to be left unpublished, and hence thi> volume is now sent to those who 
haw generously subscribed for its publication. My hope is that the 
labor spent in gathering together the accompanying facts has not been 
in vain. 

Generally speaking, the early Honeymans in Scotland, including 
those who came to America in the Eighteenth century, and also their 

endants, have possessed certain family characteristics. One is 
tallness of stature. Another is a high forehead. A decidedly distin- 
guishable feature, so often recognized among the Honeymans every- 
where, is the "cowlick." The older members of the family were also 
characterized by energy and pluck. 

To all members of the family now living the special motto adopted 
by the line of Bishop Andrew Honeyman is commended: " I 'rogredere ; 
ne regrederc." I Advance: do not recede). 

A. V W I)' )RI-'.X Hi >\T.YMAX. 

Plainfield, N t ew Jersey, November i-\ 1908. 



XOTE. — The frontispiece to this volume is a photi i reproduction 

of the likeness of Bishop Andrew Honyman, of the Orkneys, the earliest ki 

any member of the general family, in existence. The original paint- 

ing is in the p • Rev. and Sir William Macdonald Honyman of 

I hill. Whitchurch, Shropshi gave permission to the Rev. J. D. 

n of Kirkwall to insert <i reproduction of it in his "'The Church in Orkney.'' 

The frontispiece is taken from this reproduction. 



CONTENTS. 



PART I. 
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 

CHAPTER I. 
Introductory. 
Honeymans Belong to Fifeshire— Spelling of the name— Pronunciation of the 
name — Similar name— Description of Fife — Earliest of the name in Scot- 
land — Noted Scotchmen of the name — The Honyman coat-of-arms — Ear- 
liest arrival of Honeymans in America n 

CHAPTER II. 
Bishop Andrew Honyman, of the Orkneys. 
His family— Enters the ministry— Signs the "Solemn League"— His work at St. 
Andrews — Becomes Archdeacon of St. Andrews — Becomes an author- 
Appointed Lord Bishop of Orknej — The Church in the Orkneys — History 
of St. Magnus — Remains three years at his post — An attempt at murder — 
His last years in Orkney — The Bishop's Palace — A great ceremonial — The 
Bishop's death — Remarks on his career — The Bishop's Books — The Bish- 
op's family by first wife — The Bishop's second marriage — The Stewart 
family — Mary Stewart's son, Robert 19 

CHAPTER III. 
Some Relatives and Descendants of Bishop Honyman. 
Sheriff Robert, grandson of the Bishop — The Rev. Robert Honyman, D.D., 
brother of the Bishop — The Rev. James Honyman, A.M., brother of the 
Bishop — The Rev. George Honyman, A.M., brother of the Bishop — The 
four pastors of Kinneff : Rev. .lames Honyman; Rev. Andrew Honyman; 
Rev. James Honyman, and Rev. James Honyman — Robert Bruce Honey- 
man, M.D. — Sir William Honyman (Lord Armadale) — Sir George Essex 
Honyman, Bart — Rear-Admiral Robert Honyman 51 

CHAPTER IV. 
Rev. James Honyman, of Newport, R. I. 
Birth and early history — His work in Newport and vicinity — Letters to Gabriel 
Bernon — Builds new edifice for Trinity — Arrival of Dean Berkeley — His 
salary too small — Paralysis and death — Miscellaneous matters — Mr. Hon- 
yman as an author — Remarks about his family 66 

CHAPTER V. 
Hon. James Honeyman, Attorney-General of R. I. 
His early life — Distinguished state services — Conveys land in New Jersey — His 
important positions — Resigns his crown office — Death and confiscation of 
his estates — Interesting subsequent events — His will — His family 82 



CHAPTER VI. 

John Honeyman, "The Spy of Washington." 

-Main facts of his life— "An Account of the Life of the Spy of Washington"- 

Comments concerning General Wolfe— Further comments: Thi pari of 

Spy— Judge Van Dyke's sources of information— Sidelights on "The Spy's" 

history— His home in Griggstown— His will— His children 94 

CHAPTER VII. 
Biographical— Line of .h.iix Honeyman, "The Spy." 
Hon. John Van Dyke, Supreme Court Justice— Dr. I , New 
G rmantown, X. J.— Robert M. Honeyman, of New Germantown, X. J.— 
Co1 - R °berl R. Honeyn ew Germantown, X. J.— Rev William E 
Hon. I \\ Plainfield, X. J -Mr. A, Van Doren Honeyman, of Plain- 
field, X. J.— Rev. Melvin Honeyman, of Newark, X. J.— Dr. John C. Van 
Dyke, of New Brunswick, X. J.— Mr. Theodore S. Van Dyke, of Daggett, 
Cal.— Rev. Robert M. Honeyman. of Norristown, Pa ." . ira 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Biographical— Mi ous. 
Rev. Roberl Honyman, of Staffordshire, England— Mr. William Kneass, of 
Philadelphia— Mr. Samuel II. Kneass, of Philadelphia— Mr. Strickland 
Kneass, of Philadelphia— Capt. Charles L. Kneass. of Philadelphia— Mr. 
Strickland L. Kneass. of Philadelphia— Mr. Walter J. Honeyman, of Port- 
land, Oregon— John Honeyman. 1.1. .Ii, of Minew 1. Scotland— Mr. 

Michael Honeyman, of Glasgow, Scotland— Mr. William C. Honeyman, 
of Newport. Scotland— Miss Liza Honeyman, of Newport, Scotland— Mr. 
Thorn; I Honeyman, 1 1 I ondon— Mr. James X. Honeyman, of London- 
Mr, I. P. Spencer Honeyman, of London 130 



PART II. 

GENEALOGICAL. 

CHAPTER IX. 

LlM 1 B nor I [ONYMAN. 

Descendant- of John Honyman. of Si. Andrews 145 

CH VPTER X. 
Some Mi a 1 

Descendant- of Alexander Honeyman. of Falkirk— Ol G eyman, of 

-in Henry Honeyman, of Kelso— Of James Honeyman, of Ceres— 

Hon.yinan. of Dund Oi June- Honeyman. of Kingskettle— 

01 fai Honeyman, of Monomail— Of Jami jrman, of Newburgh— 
Of John C. Honeyman, of Crayford— Of John Honeyman, of Go-! 
Of John Honeyman. of Dunshalt— Of John Honeyman, of Sandport— Of 
Michael Honeyman, of Larbart- Of Patrick Honeyman, of Ballinamore— 
Of Patrick Honeyman, of Ceres— Of Samuel Honeyman, of Manchester — 
Of Thomas Honeyman of Dundee— Of William Honeyman, of Alloa — 
Of William Honeyman. 1 ie — Of William Honeyman, of Mail 
11 



CHAPTER XI. 
Line of Samuel Honeyman, of England 

oflLladeS ° f SamUel D ' HOneymM and Mary H ° n ™ K — • 
199 

CHAPTER XII. 

Line of John Honeyman, "The Spy of Washington " 
His descendants in full in New Jersey and elsewhere 2l6 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Line of Charles Honeyman. of West Virginia 
Particularly the Lines of his sons, David and Samuel 24I 



CHAPTER XIV. 
Line of Nicholas Hunneman, of Boston. 

249 

CHAPTER XV. 



His descendants in full in Massachusetts and elsewhere 



Line of Sarah Honeyman (Yeatek), of Kentucky and Missouri. 
Her descendants in full in Missouri and elsewhere.. 



259 



PART III. 
GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 

Records of the Great Seal— Abstract of some Scotch Testaments— Services of 
Heirs— Fifeshire Sasines— Commissariat Deeds— Baptisms, Marriages, 
Deaths, Testaments, etc 2 o' 



PART IV. 

APPENDICES. 

I. Unidentified Persons in Foreign Countries 3IO 

II. Unidentified Honeymans in America ^, r 

III. Miscellaneous Notes ,, 2 

IV. John Honeyman, "The Spy" ,,, 

V Line of the Drs. Hedges, of Chester, N. J 32S 

VI. Line of John T. Honeyman, of England , 2 6 

VII. Mr. John R. C. Honeyman, of Regina, Canada 326 

VIII. Descendants of Sarah Yeater Baxter , 2 7 

IX. Peter S. Yeater ' ~g 

X. Family of Francis Honeyman , 2 g 

XL Additions to Bishop Honyman's Line j 2 8 



INDEX. 



Il.l.rsi KAI IONS. 

Facing Page 

Bender, Mrs. Kenl (Maud L. Honeyman), Plain field, X. J 

'Brother and Sister" 240 

Honyman, Bishop Andrew (Frontispiece Page 1 1 

Honyman, Bishop Andrew, Seal of 26 

Honyman, 1 ^rms 17 

Miian. Mi . \. Van Doren, Plainfield, X. J jjX 

Honeyman, Mr. David, St. Louis, Mo 243 

Honeyman, Mrs. David (Alice 11. Diamond), St. Louis, Mo 243 

Honeyman, I lizabeth C, Plainfield, X. J 240 

Honeyman, Mr. E. Maxwell, Plainfield, X. J 174 

Honeyman, Mr. George, Coupar Angus, Scot 197 

Honyman, Rev. James, Newport, R. 1 72 

Honeyman, Mr. James, New Germantown, X. J 218 

Honeyman.Mr. James, Peapack, X. J 220 

Honeyman, John 1.I..I).. R.S.A., Minewood, Scot 137 

Honeyman, John, M.I).. New Germantown, X. J [20 

Honeyman, John, the "Spy." Home of, Griggstown, X. J 64 

Honeyman, Miss Liza, Newport, Scot 140 

Honeyman, Rev. Melvin, Newark, X. J 127 

il neyman, Mr. Michael. Glasgow, Scot 189 

Honyman, Memorial Tablet to Four Pastors of Kinneff, Scot 62 

Honeyman, Mr. Peter, Peapack and Trenton, X. J 220 

Honeyman, Mr. Philip S., Cincinnati, 168 

Honeyman, Mr. Robert, Washington. I). C 180 

Honeyman, Mr. Robert II. Alton, 111 243 

Honeyman, Mr Robert M., New Germantown, X.J 120 

Honeyman, Col. Robert R., New Germantown, X. J 122 

Honeyman, Mr. Samuel !>.. of West Virginia and Missouri 202 

Honeyman, Mrs. Samuel I). 1 Mary J. James) 204 

Honeyman, Mr. Samuel I).. St. Louis, Mo 243 

Honeyman, Mr. Walter J., Portland, Oregon 174 

Honeyman. Mr. William, Cupar, Scot 253 

Honeyman. Mr. W. Crawford, Newport, Scot 140 

Honeyman. Rev. William I'".. North Plainfield, X.J 124 

1 [unneman & 1 ' •.. Fac Simile of Card of 253 

Kneass, Mr. William, Philadelphia, Pa 130 

Kneass, Mrs. William (Mary Honeyman) [32 

I' lenient. Kirkwall. Orkneys 51 

Smyllum Castle, Lanarkshire, Scol 64 

St. Andrews, < athedral of, St. Andrews, Scot 32 

St. M.i gnu I hedral of, Kirkwall. Orkneys 32 

Van Dyke. I Ion. John, of New Jersey and Minnesota no 

WyckotT. Mrs. John M. (Henrietta Honeyman 1. l.e Roy. Minn no, 



PART I 

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 

I. Introductory. 

II. Bishop Andrew Honyman, of the Orkneys. 

III. Some Relatives and Descendents of Bishop Honyman. 

IV. Rev. James Honyman, of Newport, Rhode Island. 

V. Hon. James Honeyman, Attorney-General of Rhode Island. 

VI. John Honeyman, the "Spy of Washington." 

VII. Biographical— Line of the "Spy." 

VIII. Biographical — Miscellaneous. 



CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTORY. 

"We all belong to Fife," has long been a phrase used by the 
Honeyman clan. It appears to be true. With few exceptions, the 
author has not discovered anywhere a Honeyman, or Honyman, who 
did not trace his ancestry, by knowledge or tradition, back to that one 
rich, historic ground, midway between Falkland Palace, the ancient 
stronghold of the MacDuffs and the favorite residence of King James 
\ 1., and that most venerable of Scutch institutions, St. Andrews 
University. 

This is nut only true of the Honeyman families of Scotland and 
Fngland, but also of the American families of this name. With two 
or three exceptions, all the American Honeymans can be traced back 
to Fife. The representatives of William Honeyman, of Philadelphia, 
who came over (probably from England) prior to the year 1738, can 
only trace themselves back to England, but I have no doubt thev are 
of the Fifeshire stock. The same is to be said of the representatives 
of Chr.rles Honeyman of Virginia. The only apparent exception are 
the families following, namely: One. of which a leading representative 
is the Rev. James H. P. Honeyman of New York City, whose later 
home was in the County of Leitrim. Ireland, but who were said to 
have gone from Ireland to France. That family probably went from 
Scotland to France at an early date. Another is represented by David 
Honeyman of Xew York City, and comes from Germany. There are 
German Honeymans, but they very generally spell the name "Honig- 
man," or "Honigmann." or "Hunneman." That David's ancestor- 
adhered to the Scotch spelling proves to me that thev must have been 
of Scotch descent. There is also a large family going by the name 
of "Hunneman" in and about Boston, whose ancestor, Nicholas, is 
said to have gone to Boston from Virginia and whose origin is 
unknown. He was killed in the Revolutionary War on a U. S. 
frigate. Xo signature of his is extant, and I more than suspect that 

he and his relatives— for he seems to have had some about Boston 

had fallen into the habit of spelling the name phonetically. As it was, 
one of his children, Sarah, wrote her name "Honeyman." Nicholas 



,_, THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

or his parents, probably came from England, but without doubt were 
also of Fife ancestry. There is also a Manchester family of Hoi 
mans in Boston, now spelling their name "Hunneman." 

In Scotland there are -till a few persons descended from Bishop 
Andrew Honyman of the Orkneys, who take pride in the name 
"Honyman," that being the spelling of their ancestors of the Si 
teenth century; but even in the line of Bishop Andrew the vast 
majority have accepted the more usual spelling of Honeyman. In 
general, it may l>e said that ninerj per cent, of the Honeyman families 
in Scotland to-day spell their name with an "e" before the "y." 

What the original name was, whether Honeyman or Honyman, 
cannot now be ascertained. The records <.t' the Sixteenth century, 
where the name i- first mentioned, show it to have been spelled both 
ways, a- well a- many other ways. All other forms <>t' spelling, how- 
ever, seem to have been owing to the ignorance of those who kepi the 
church records, or were draftsmen of the legal papers where these 
name- occur. Whenever actual signatures were made bj the persona 
themselves, there was rarely a variation from Honeyman, or Honyman, 
the former predominating. I" an investigation of the spelling of the 
name on Scotch records from [549 to [800, the result, oul of 682 
nces, 1 found t" he a- follows : 

I [oneyman, written (.58 times. 
I [onyman, written _•-' 1 time-. 
Bui during the period from 1549 to [600 there was about an equality 
between the two spellings. 

During the period named, the misspelling by the parish ministers 
ami draftsmen of papers number at least fifteen, namely: 
I [enyman, I tonnyman, 

I lennyman. I foonyman, 

I liniemane, 1 tunniman, 

1 linnimane. llnnnvman. 

I [oniman, 1 funyman, 

Honneyman, 1 fyneman, 

Honniman, Hynneman, 

1 [ynniman. 
Of ...in llings are with. nit significance. 

If we knew the origin of the name it might help 11- a- 1" the 

original spelling. The ... that the original Honeyman w; 

"dealer in honey" is too fi eceive serious consideral 

although not impossible. Evidently the name was pronounced by 
the Scotch themselves Hoon-v-mon, with the accenl on the first s) liable. 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 13 

To-day the name is everywhere pronounced Hun-ne-man, with the 
accent also on the first syllable.* 

There are similar names to Honeyman to be found in use 
throughout the United States and in England. For example. Honey, 
Honeyball, Honeybun, Honeycoate, I loneylove, Honeyfield, Honeysett, 
Honeywell, Honeywill, Honeywood, etc. These names have only a 
curious interest in us, as possessors of them are in nowise related to 
the Honevman family. 

As previously said, the Honevman ancestry is, as a universal rule, 
traceable to Fife, where "the fathers"' persistently remained from the 
earliest records of them (in 1549) for about two hundred years. Then 
they began to scatter to adjoining shires, and to Great Britain and to 
America. A few went, at the first, into Sterlingshire, Lanarkshire, or 
other neighboring counties : a few to England : one or two to France ; 
and possibly a few families to Ireland. It may be set down, therefore, 
as a fact that "the Honevman clan is of Fife." 

"Fife," as it is called (Fifeshire being rarely used ), has a remark- 
able history, and is a unique bit of territory, because located almost as 
a tongue of land between two enormous estuaries of the Xorth sea. 
From earliest times it was a distinct division of Scotland, and was 
always the most important part of it, except the capital. Being close 
to Edinburgh, easy of access, adjoining the sea ami the Forth and 
Tay, and yet shut off on the west by the highest mountain range in 
Scotland, it was a separate kingdom under the Picts, and was full of 
strongholds. It was always densely populated. Substantially, the 
boundaries of the shire are now the same as in the Thirteenth century. 
Historically, it is intimately connected with all the Scottish Kings, 
and with all the struggles, religious and civil, that vexed the land 
from long before the Reformation. "Fife," says one writer, "contains 
the concentrated essence of Scottish history and character." The Picts 
of this locality early became at least nominal Christians, and a religious 
spirit, strenuous and dogmatic, has always dominated and influenced 
its people. The centre of culture was, of course, St. Andrews, where, 
as early as 1411, a University was established, the first in Scotland. 
St. Andrews educated some of the flower of the Honeyman family, 
as will appear in subsequent chapters. 

* The following is to be found in an English work : " Honevman — In old times, when mead, or 
inetheglen.was a favorite beverage, and when sugar was unknown in England, the propagation of bees and 
the production of honey furnished employment for many persons ; and hence the surname, Beeman, 
Honeyman, Honeman, Honiman." (Lower's " Patronymica Britannica," p. 161). To what extent the 
above is fanciful, or applicable to a name which, so far as we know, originated in Scotland, the reader may 
judge. 



, 4 Till HOXEYMAX FAMILY 

The writer lia- frequently passed through Fife, and always with 

■ satisfaction, because of it- pleasant scenery, high state of culti- 

m and the historic renown of even it- smaller localities. ( >n taking 

the train from Edinburgh for Aberdeen, the railway passes through 

the heart of 1 the pleasant surroundings of Cupar, which i- 

the near >n to the vicinity of the original home of the firs) 

Honeymans of which we have any knowlei - pleasure to the 

There were mini ctors, painters, poets, 

and authors, almost without number, who belonged to Fife. The greal 

Alexander Henderson and Samuel Rutherford, and also 

Adam Smith. Thomas Chalmers, Sir David W'ilkie. Lord Campbell, and 

Sir David Lyndsay resided there, and these are but few of the many 

illustrious name- which belong by nativity or adoption to Fife. Within 

mnds Mar) Queen of Scot- first met Lord Darnley, and there she 

-pent many a day of pleasure and of sadness, ending at last in her 

lining her long imprisonment in the island prison in the then 

Fifeshire lake. Loch I. even. 

rliesl lloneyman name I have found upon any record-, 
h or otherwise, i- that of Andrew "Hunyman" (as the draft-man 
of his will spelled it I, of < Iver Carnye, Fife, whose wife was Elizabeth 
Chaplan, and whose will, dated Feb i6, 1549, was proved in St. 
Andrew- in March. 1550 One of the witnesses to the will was 
"Walter lloneyman." whose son, however, signed his name "John 
Hunyman." Evidently at that time the spelling "lloneyman" was 
already in vogue. Supposing this Andrew to have been horn about 
the year 1500, it would make a period of over four hundred years 
sinci certain there was such a family name in Fifeshire. 

Below i- a full enumeration of all the lloneyman name- 1 have 
• id- during the Sixteenth century, with the earlie-t 
relating to those name-. The spelling i- a- it appear- on the 
•I- : 

\ndrew Hunyman, of < Iver Carnye; will and inventory. 
1550. Walter Honeyman ; make- proof of above will. 

1 >avid 1 1 on \ man. of Leith, died; will proved 1571 
1570 John Honyman, of Leith. died: will proved 1571. 

1571. Alexander Honyman, of Edinburgh; mentioned. 

1572. Thi •ma- Honyman. Evesham, England; will proved, 

1581 Robert Honyman, of Staffordshire, England ; entered at < ixford 
I 'niver-ity. 
John Hunniman, of St. Andrew-: wife'- will proved. 
Andrew Honneyman, of Cupar; witness. 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 15 

1588. Nicol Honeyman, of Over Rossie ; will proved. 

1592. John Hunyman, burgess of Falkland; will proved. 

151)-'. Eufame Honeyman, of Falkland; will proved. 

1592. Andrew Honeyman. of Cupar; will proved. 

1593. Janet Honeyman, of Kingskettle ; will proved. 

1 595. John Honyman, of Kingskettle; grant from King James VI. 
1595. Alexander Honyman, of Collessie; grant from King James VI. 
1595. Hugh Honyman, of Falkland: grant from King James VI. 
1595. Walter Honeyman, of Abernethy : will proved. 
1597. George Honeyman, of Balmedy ; wife's will proved. 
: 597- John Honeyman, of Kingskettle; wife's will proved. 

These matters are more fully elaborated in Part III of this work, 
a careful study of which will show how some of these persons were 
related to each other. 

From the prevalence of the name "Andrew" in the family of 
Bishop Andrew Honyman of the Orkneys, one may well suspect that 
the first Andrew "Hunyman," named above was his ancestor: and if 
we could trace all present known lines back to the year 1400, we might 
be reasonably certain to find that they converged in one common 
ancestor, residing in the neighborhood between Falkland and Cupar. 

The late Mr. Walter J. Honeyman of Portland. Oregon, whose 
interest in his ancestry was very great, stated to the author that the 
tradition of his family was, that his ancestors origiuallv received a 
grant of land from one of the Scottish Kings who resided at Falkland 
palace — on the east slope of the Lomond Hills — for some services 
performed for the King. Happily, I have been able recently to 
corroborate the story, having discovered by preserved records in 
Edinburgh that, on Mar. 27, 1595, King James VI., under his great 
seal, gave to John Honyman, in Kingskettle, in feu-farm (and to his 
heirs male, whom failing his eldest heir female), the one-sixteenth part 
of his ( King James' ) land in Kingskettle, of which the same John 
was tenant. Two months later, the same King (on May 24, 1505), 
under his seal, granted in feu-farm, in the town of Falkland, one acre 
more to John Honyman : one metam to Alexander Honyman ; two 
metams to John Honyman; and one-half an acre to Hugh Honyman. 
(See Part III. of this work). 

From subsequent records it would appear that these Honevmans 
and their descendants lived long in the vicinity of Falkland, viz. : at 
Auchtermuchty, Monimail and Collessie; and. doubtless, the above 
named John Honevman was the ancestor of the descendants of the 



16 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

James Honeyman of Monimail, born about 1700. who was the ancestor 
of Mr. Walter J. Honeyman of Portland. 

There have been many noted member- of the family in Scotland. 
chiefly, but not altogether, of the line of him who. perhaps, was firsl 
in fame and fortune. Bishop Andrew Honyman of the ( >rkheys. He 
was born at St. Andrews, Fife, in 1619; was made Bishop by King 
< harles II. in 1664, and died in the Orkneys in 1(170. His historj 
fully appear- in the next chapter and his portrait appears as the fron- 
tispiece t" this volume. This portrait i- from a painting now in the 
•1 of one of hi- descendants, Rev. and Sir William Macdonald 
Honyman, of Sal. .p. England; it was painted from life after he 

ne Bishop. He had three distinguished brother-, all ministers: 
Rev. Robert Honyman, Rev. lame- Honyman and Rev. George Hony- 
man, each a graduate of St. Andrew- University, who married into 
well-known Scotch families, and were connected by such marriages 
with the royal Stuart-, the Craigies, the Grahames, the Elphinstones, 
and other-, who were distinguished in their day a- member- of Parlia- 
ment, officers in the army, or a- clergymen. Rev. James Honyman 
had a whole line of successive descendants in the ministry, one of his 
-on- being the Rev. lame- Honyman of Newport, Rhode Island, the 
practical founder of the Episcopal church in that -tate. whose son, 
James, was the Attorney-General of that Colony. A great-grandson 
ot Bishop Andrew was created a baronet in 1804. and became Sir 
William Honyman. with the title of Lord Armadale. The baronetcy 
continue- in that family until to-day. The mosl noted man in it after 
Sir William wa- Sir G( -ex Honyman of Middlesex, England. 

who wa- a Judge of the Pleas in London, and whose portrail is also 
given elsewhere in this volume. Rear-Admiral Robert Honyman was 
another member of this line. 

In recent years, John Honeyman. I.I. 1).. of Minewood, Scotland, 
now seventy-six y< ge, ha- retired upon hi- laurel- a- a famous 

architect and an expert writer upon special theme-. Mr. William 
Crawford Honeyman, of Newport. I if, ■. a composer of and writer on 
music, 1- one of the mosl voluminous of modern writer- in the realm 
"i fiction. 1 nher prominent men are noted elsewhere. 

Bishop Andrew Honyman used a seal of office winch is repro- 

I on another page, it- date being [664. In this seal, below the 

•be Bishop, a). pear- a coal -farm-. It consists of a shield 

and has thus been described: "Quarterly, first, on a bend three 

•""Hel nd and third, a unter componee; fourth, a burning 

ircled by a wreath; over all a fess charged with a crescent 







HON'YMAX COAT-OF-ARMS. 

Registered September 10, 1788. 
(Page 17). 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 17 

between two of the same invected." I presume this coat-of-arms was 
invented by the Bishop at the time it became necessary for him to 
have a Bishop's seal. Seals were an absolute necessity at that time ami 
were attached to all official documents, civil and ecclesiastical ; and 
every Bishop, as well as all members of the nobility, took pride in 
their coats-of-arms. 

When Sir William Honyman of Armadale became baronet in 
1804, he used a coat-of-arms which he had previously registered, on 
Sept. 10, 1788, at the Lyon Office. This coat-of-arms is to be found 
in Burke's "Peerage," and other volumes upon the English and Scotch 
nobility and upon heraldry. It is in use to-day by the descendants of 
Sir William. In this coat-of-arms (reproduced on the opposite page 1. 
the crest consists of an arrow, point downwards. The whole is thus 
technically described : 

"Arms: Argent, a bend, engrailled, gules, voided of the field. 
Crest : An arrow, paleways, point downwards, perpendicular; feather. 
argent. Supporters: Two lions, rampant-guardant, perpendicular. 
Motto: "Progredere ne Regredere." 

In the Heraldry works of France, the general colors of the 
Honyman arms for Scotland is named, but no crest is given. 

1 know of no other coat-of-arms ever used by any Honeyman, 
■ >r I h myman, in Scotland except the twi 1 ato ive described. The "arrow" 
arms of Sir William is to be found on a monumental tablet in the 
parish church of KinnefT, Forfarshire, where Rev. James Honyman, 
of Bishop Honyman's stock, was pastor. lie died 1784, and, as he 
was the fourth person of his family in direct descent of succession 
to exercise the ministry in that parish, his three children — Rev. John, 
a dissenting minister. Dr. Robert of Virginia, and a daughter — caused 
a tablet to be erected in the Kinneft church (which is reproduced in 
Chapter III. of Part I., on a page opposite its fuller description |. This 
tablet is supposed to have been erected very soon after the dec < 
of the Rev. James above referred to, and not later than 1790. The 
relationship between the Rev. James and his ascending line and Sir 
William and his ascending line, is so remote that we must either 
suppose this coat-of-arms was placed on this tablet because of Sir 
William's fame, or because it had been previously in use in the family. 
Mrs. Walter J. Honeyman of Portland, Oregon, imported some an- 
tiques from Scotland recently, one of which was a pair of wine slides, 
ami they also contain the same family crest used by Sir William. Their 
date, however, is unknown. 



is THE HONEYM W FAMILY 

The earliest recorded arrivals or mentions of Honeymans in 
America are the fi »ll wing : 

1704. Rev. James Honyman arrived in Boston as a missionary 
for the Si r the Propagation of Useful Knowledge; went for a 

few month- to Jamaica, L. 1.. and then settled at Newport, R. I., whore 
he served Trinity church as rector for forty-six years. He was the 
earliest of the family to arrive in America, and. all things considered, 
the most distinguished. 

1 7 1''. William Honeyman of Philadelphia, son of a Samuel 
Honeyman, of England, was at Philadelphia at this date and died 

. after raising a family, in [774. Seme of his descendants are 
-till in that city, but most of them are in the West. 

[746. Captain John Honeyman, apparently of the City of New 
York, raised a company of 100 volunteers for the campaign against 
Canada in this year. No more is known aboul him. 

1753. John "Hunniman" is in Boston, and a Nicholas "Hunne- 
man" marries there the next year. 

175N. John Honeyman. known as the "Spy of Washington," 
came to America with General Wolfe as a soldier this year, and most 
ot his descendants now reside in New Jersey, where he located (in 
Somerset County) prior to the Revolution. His unique history fully 
appears on subsequent pages. 

[759. Mary Honeyman, licensed to marry Richard Smith in New 
York City, Nov. 15. I know no more of her. 

[768. Sarah Honeyman, said to have been born this year in New 

Jersey. She went to Virginia and married. 1789, I onrad Yeater, and 

they subsequently located in Missouri. Charles Honeyman. said to 

have been a brothei ted later in Virginia. Both their lines, 

ending, are given 1 re. 

["here was said to have been a Man Honeyman. of Bergen 

'. N. I . who married Cornelius Talesman in 17(H). but her name 

probably Mary I [uysman. 

1771. Dr. Robert Honeyman of Fifeshire, son of Rev. fames 
Honyman. of Kinneff, Fifeshire, settled this year in Louisa County, 
Va., but left no male descendants. He was a highly educated and 
distinguished man. 

I kno W ,,t no other Honeyman- settling in America prior to 1800. 



CHAPTER II. 
BISHOP ANDREW HONYMAN, OF THE ORKNEYS. 

The Rev. Andrew Honyman, A.M., Lord Bishop of Orkney and 
Zetland, was the eldest of at least five sons of Mr. David Honyman, 
"baker in St. Andrews." He was also the grandson of John Honyman, 
of St. Andrews, probably the same who was apprenticed to the baker's 
craft in 1564.* who died in 1616, and whose wife was Helen Hender- 
son. John seems to have had descendants who were successively 
bakers for two hundred and nine years, or until 1773, when a Thomas 
Honeyman. of the seventh generation, "became a freeman" in St. 
Andrews. 

David is believed to have been John's eldest son, but the name of 
David's wife is unknown. His previous residence, if not birthplace, 
was Pitlairchney, a hamlet east of the Falkland Hills, in Fife. 

The Bishop was one of a distinguished family, four of whom 
were ministers of ability and high reputation, and they and their sisters 
married into influential families, ft is rarely the case that so many 
sons and daughters of such humble parents secure the education and 
position which the children of David Honyman, "the baker," obtained, 
and that without wealth or inherited genius. 

Of the four sons of David Honyman, Bishop Andrew became the 
most distinguished, not only because of his connection by his second 
marriage with the family of the Stuarts (through which marriage he 
had descendants who became titled ) ; but also because of his authorship 
of some strenuous and learned controversial works well-known in 
his day. 

I have been unable to obtain the exact date of birth of Andrew, 
but it was in the year 1619, and at St. Andrews. He was educated in 
the University of that city, and received his degree in 1635, when he- 
was only sixteen years of age. In that century, and, indeed, down to 
nearly the middle of the last century, there, as here in America, college 



* Feb. 9, 1663, while Archdeanof St. Andrews, Bishop Honyman filed a sasinc as heir of his grand- 
father, John Honyman, in an acre of the priory of St. Andrews. It is from this paper that we are able to de- 
termine the name of his grandfather, fn no other document from his hand, nor in collateral documents do 
we find allusions to any of his parents, or grandparents, although we know from various sources that his 
father was "David Honyman, of Pitlairchney, baker in St. Andrews." 



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frequently graduated when from fifteen to seventeen years of 

True, the curriculum of their studies was much more limited in 

scope than it now is in any of the first-class colleges of the world, 

ihe requirements in the languages, especially in Greek and Latin, 

more severe, and in these studies the attainments of the pupils 

at graduation were greater than those of an older age at the pr< 

d. Somehow, college boys of thai period studied; they did not 
waste time in frolics or even football, though taking ample exercise 
in the open air. 

HE ENTERS I III M [NISTRY. 

As St. Andrews was an old University i founded in 1411 1 from 
which. long before that time, had graduated some of the ablesl of Scotch 
theologians, the lad did nol need to go away from home to prepare 
for the ministry. lie musl have begun his studies in that direction 
after his graduation from college, as we find him, some time prior 
to ' Ictober 6, [640, acting as assistant-minister of Ferryport-on 1 raig, 
a small but important charge located on the Firth of Tay, about ten 
miles north of St. Andrews. Both St. Andrew- and Ferryport-on- 
Craig were and -till are in Fife-hire. In this charge he was assistant 
to the Rev. Samuel Cunninghame, whose daughter he subsequently 
married. 

While serving as such assistant, he was proposed h\ the patrons 
of Marischal College, Aberdeen, for the divinity chair. Inn the Presby- 
terian Assembly did nol agree to the transfer. The offer 1- proof of 
the promise of his future reputation. The foil. .win- from Baillie's 
'Letter- and Journal-" (Vol. 1. p. 370) will throw some light on this 
affair: 

"Thursday, the 5th. [August [641 | : Aberdeen did supplicate for 
Mr. Andrew [Honyman's] transportation to their college. Arthure 
Arfkine had of hi- own liberality given him five hundred pounds 
dtirin - ild man'- life; the man wa- hut twent) four years, and 

.ime unwilling to din. Arthure Arfkine. a weell deserving gentle- 
man in our cause, when he began to plead, was so choked with tear- 
that he became silent and removed. This accident made the Assembly 

mpassionat toward- him. that, by pluralities of voyces, he obtained 

hi- poyut." 

1 »ct. 1. M14 1 he wa- presented by Charles I. full minister to 
Ferryport-on-Craig charge 1- ucceed the Rev. Samuel Cun- 
ninghame, who had died in May, loop Mr continued in tin- cli. 
■ •- than a year, being then transferred to the much more important 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 2 1 

second charge of St. Andrews on Aug. 17. 1642. The church to which 
he was called in St. Andrews was known as the "College Kirk," and 
proved the recognition of his unusual abilities at that early period in 
his life. He was but twenty-three years of age, yet was given a posi- 
tion of much ecclesiastical influence. 

HE SIGNS THE "SOLEMN LEAGUE." 

Within a few months after Mr. Honyman assumed his ministra- 
tions at St. Andrews, the formidable and remarkable "Solemn League 
and Covenant" was adopted and signed by a large number of Presby- 
terians (who from that time forward became known as Covenanters) 
in Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh. The date of this document was 
Feb. 28, 1643. It is said that some of the ministers who had signed a 
similar "League" five years before did it by clipping the pen in their 
blood. The event was one of the most notable in the history of he 
Scottish church. Xext day it was -cut everywhere for signatures and 
received them, not only throughout Scotland but in various part- of 
England. The chief point of this "Covenant" was. the proposition to 
extirpate both Prelacy and Popery from Great Britain. It proved not 
to be feasible, and it led to strife, bloodshed and revolution. The 
Scotch blood was up, however, and the excitement was great. Mr. 
Honyman was not present at this particular conference, but he, with 
nearly all of his colaborers in the ministry in Scotland, speedily signed 
the document; how willingly we cannot determine. Subsequent events 
would indicate that it was signed by him rather under the compulsion 
of the times than otherwise, for he himself became a Prelate twenty 
years later I His signature to the same, which we have carefully copied. 
is given here as it appears in the original, still preserved. 



-0~S€* 



'TTldAL. 



This, the earliest signature of Bishop Andrew which I have seen, 
is taken from a copy of the original to be found in the "Ecclesiastical 
Records of the Presbyteries of St. Andrews and Cupar." published in 
Edinburgh in 1837. 

HIS WORK AT ST. ANDREWS. 

The position of minister to the second charge in the church at 
St. Andrews he occupied for twenty years. During that period he- 
was called to the church at Crail, (August, 1647), but the General 



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Assembly refused to approve the call, perhaps because the demand 
was greal for a continuation of his services in St. Andrews. 

The "Ecclesiastical Records of the Presbyteries of St. Andrew 
and Cupar" contain many allusions to Mr. Honyman during his early 
ministerial life. From some of these published pages we learn thai the 
activities of the Presbytery of St. Andrew- in thai day were not so 
much unlike those of Presbyteries and other ecclesiastical bodies of 
later times. It troubled itself with a great many matter- which would 
now be considered too trivial for the attention of so learned a Christian 
body. For example, in the record of [643, we read: 

"November 15.— Mr. Robert Blair declared that quhill he and his 
collegue, Mr. Andro Honyman, with the Gudman of Kembok, and 

James W 1, baillie of St. Andros, being sent bj the Session of St. 

Andro. n, Sir lame- Lundie, inhabitant in the fair Citie, to de-ire him 
to keep the dyetts of the public worship of Cod. he having neir the 
space of ane twelvemoneth, deserted the same, he was so fare from 
promiseing amendement thai he behaved himself injuriously toward the 
said Mr. Roberl Blair and quhen his hatt was in his hand he pul his on 
hi- head, and gave him a direct lie. The Tre-hyterie ordain- him to 
io compeir before them the nixt day. 

Mr \ndivu Honyman, being examine. 1. declared, 
that the -aid Sir lame-, being accused for staying so long from the 
publick worship of God in the kirk, he promised no amendment, hot 
behaved himselfe rudelie toward Mr. Robert Blair, with his ha 
his head quhen Mr. Roberts was in hi- hand, and -aid, 'If yee will say 
that. Sir. 1 will say, yee lie; or if any in Scotland will say it, 1 will say 
he lie-.' " (Thereupon Sir lame- was summoned and directed to "keeo 
the kirk. 1" ' 

The times are also well illustrated by the fact that we find both 
Mr. Honyman and hi- colleague, Rev. Robert Blair, a- a solemn duty 
to their church, attending a witch-burning al (rail! Bui this was not 
uncommon, a- a great many witches were burned in Scotland during 
the Seven entury. One of the mo-, respected of Presbyterian 

ministers, Rev. Roberl Baillie, also principal of the University of 
•w. mention-. j„ 1643, that, "upon the regranl of the extraord- 
inar multiplying of witches, above thirty being burnl in Fife in a few 
month-, a Committee was appointed to think on that sin the way to 
rch .and care it." 

"" Au & "■ "'15. appear- this entry: -.Mr. Audio Honyman, 
appoii 1 ambus regimenl 15 dayes." Evidently the a 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 23 

tion of the Presbytery was given to military as well as spiritual affairs. 
At a later date this is recorded : 

"The Presbyterie, in viewing the condition of the paroch of St. 
Andros, towne, and landward, both pastors and people having received 
ample testimonie of the fidelitie and painfulness of Mr. Andrew Hony- 
man, and considering that his present maintenance is insufficient 
whither in regard of the eminencie of the charge or living in such a 
deare place, and that he can nocht well be removed hence, and that it 
is incumbent to them to sie how this may be remeided in ane amicable 
way do nominate and appoint Mr. George Hamilton, Colin Adams, 
David Forrett, Robert Bennett, The Lairds of Monereiff and Erlshall, 
or any other thrie of them to convene at St. Andros upon the 18 of this 
instant with the Magistrates or such others as salbe nominate by the 
Counsell of the said citie for agreeing vpon ane legall course how this 
may be constantlie remeided." 

It is to be hoped that his modest salary was raised. While we do 
not know what that salary was, it must have been very small. 

On Jan. 15, 1649, ne was appointed one of the Visitors to the 
University. 

On July 31, 1650, a list is given of 1,800 merks contributed by 
the ministers of the Presbytery for military purposes, and it is stated 
that Mr. Honyman had been "discharged from 100 merks" (about 
$325) given by him for "the levie of ane regmint of horse to the 
present fersine." It would seem that he must have become already 
possessed of some estate, as that contribution was a large one. 

During the same year. King Charles II. made a visit to St. 
Andrews, when Mr. Honyman "had the honor, along with the famous 
Samuel Rutherford, of receiving the King." and "made a speech to 
him in English." It is naively reported that Rutherford's speech, in 
Latin, was "much on what was the duty of Kings." 

In 1058 he was made Moderator of the Synod of Fife, and sub- 
sequently of the Synod of St. Andrews. 

BECOMES ARCHDEACON OF ST. ANDREWS. 

On April 20. 1661, Mr. Honyman drew up an address to the King, 
which was considered treasonable by many of his associates, who "sat 
almost all night to render it more palatable, when they were dissolved 
next day under pain of treason." In the light of subsequent events 
we cannot comprehend this transaction; indeed, the facts concerning it 
have not been disclosed ; and in any case the "treason" seems to have 
had no marked effect upon his future career, because the very next 



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year, when a vacancy i ccurred in the first charge of St. Andrews, he 
was |>!'"in< >t c< 1 thereto, and tlm~ became Archdeacon. The date of his 
promotion to the Archdeaconry was Oct. 2, [662, and was a reward 
for twenty years of faithful service in that charge. This position was 
one of great responsibility as well as honor, although he occupied it 
but two year-, when he was again promoted. 

Lamonte in hi> "Diary" thus quaintly write- concerning the 
appointment: "1662, Oct. 2. — Mr. Andro Hinnyman, minister of St. 
Androws, was admitted b) the Archbishope there, Archdeane of St. 
Androws. At his admission, he received in the towne church from the 
said bishope, the Bibell, the keyes of the church do. .re, and the bell- 
ti >\\e. all in hi- hand." 

IMES AN All HOR. 

It was at this period that he published hi- first 1 k, which coun- 
seled submission to the supposed-to-be "tolerant" views of Charles II. 
and his advisors, and which was realh a plea t" the Covenanters of 
Scotland to yield their strenuous opposition to the Church of England, 
he believing it to he the best thing for all concerned. 

l'l> to this period Rev. Mr. Honyman had been an active, a- he 
wa- an accomplished, minister in good standing in the Presbyterian 
11. had subscribed to the "Solemn League and Covenant" 
twenty year- before, ami had acted wholly within the Scottish church 
in all it- official duties. In fact, from [638 to ihoi the Presbyterians 
had practically governed the churches of Scotland. Then Parliament 
I at act restoring Episcopacy to Scotland, and when tin- wa- 
it seems to have found Mr. Honyman ready to accept the change. 
Whether he had any internal scruples concerning the propriet) of his 
ter position in the Scottish church: whether he had re-examined 
hi- own mind and felt that it drew him toward the I'relatical church: 
or whether hi- love for peace alone led him into the expression of new- 
view now he determined. He must have been strongl} under 
the influcno of his warm friend. Mr. lame- Sharp of St. Andrew-, 
who had been a former minister at C Tail, and under the new dispensa- 
tion had been advanced 1>> Charles II. to the Archbishopric of St. 
Andrew- (November, r66i I, and this influence wa- certainly toward 
Episcopacy. We -hall soon hear of Archbishop Sharp again. 

Whatever the motive or reason which influenced it. Rev. Mr. 
Honyman now made it plain to hi- friend- in Scotland that he believed 
it was to t| u - interests of religion that they should accept without fur- 
ther questioning the English form of church government. To make 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL _>- 

his case clear he put forth (1662) a modest but strong pamphlet, 
entitled, "The Seasonable Case of Submission to Church Government," 
the object of which was, as is stated in the pamphlet itself, to "make 
for peace." In his Preface he outlines the state of affairs in the church 
in Scotland, which was one of great commotion and bitterness. "It 
hath been," he says, "and is the lot of the Lord's Militant Church to be 
tossed with manifold tempests and to be (as it were) guided betwixt 
the two millstones of a professedly profane and atheistical world, and 
of a party pretending highly for Truth and Piety, hanging out the 
Flag of the fairest profession for both, whiles both are really under- 
mined ami fought against." He advised Presbyterians to consolidate 
their forces with the English Church, even though they might consider 
Episcopacy a mere human form of government. The pamphlet was 
of only 46 pages, but incisive. Rev. Mr. Craven, of Kirkwall, in his 
"History of the Church in Orkney," thus summarizes its contents: 



"He quotes the well known passage in the writings of Beza, plead- 
ing for hardy obedience to Bishops. Though some might not approve 
of synods where Bishops reside, or of Presbyterial exercises, where 
the moderator is nominated by the Bishop, still, surely .all are called 
freely to go and testify against sin, and to give their best counsel for 
the suppressing thereof. On the other hand he points out that tln.se 
who will not attend run upon the rock of Independency. In regard 
to a proposed difficulty that the Covenant had been sworn, be points 
out that some who swore it did so believing that such an act did not 
break their canonical oath of obedience to their Bishops; so that, even 
now. conforming to Episcopacy did not do away with their approval of 
the Covenant; at least they might surely regard Bishops as Presbyters 
appointed by the King for the external ordering of church affairs in 
their several bounds. The writer then puts some very pertinent ques- 
tions as to any authority in the New Testament for both preaching and 
unpreaching Presbyters either ruling or conferring ordination; that no 
example of such a Presbyter can be found without some superior 
officer acting with them or directing them in their actings." etc. Mr. 
Craven adds that "the wdiole production is undoubtedly able, suggestive, 
helpful and convincing." 

The production may have been "convincing" to the few in Scotland 

who at that time agreed with his views, but, of course, it hail no other 

effect upon the Covenanters than the making of personal enemies for 

, its author. That it was well intended we cannot doubt. But the wave 

of Presbyterianism in Scotland at that time was too high to be stilled, 

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or even temporarily deflected by so calm and earnest a discussion of 
the questions at issue. 

APPOl \ i i |. i ORD BISHOP OF ORKNEY. 

Perhaps a> a reward for the effort for "peace" so put forth bj 
Mr. Honyman (the enemies made by ii declared ii obtained for him 
"the dignity of a mitre" I, hut quite as likely through the intercessii in of 
his friend, Archbishop Sharp, Charles II., two years later, appointed 
Mr. Honyman to a Bishopric, an office for which, both by learning and 
temperament, he was well fitted. His nomination bears dale of Jan. 
14. 1664, and in it his name is spelled "Honeyman." On the 7th of 
March full,, wing, this nomination was confirmed by the Church. The 
new I 'nlaie was consecrated at St. Andrews as "Lord Bishop of 
Orkney and Zetland," on Easterday, Vpril to, [664, 

The church al ( irkney at this time was in much the same condition 

ther churches in Scotland. That is to say. Episcopacy had been 
disestablished there, and then re established. So far as can be gathered 
from its after history, there was not the same feeling in < >rkney as in 

hern Scotland in favor of Presbyters. Certainly there was after- 
ward no opposition in the (irkney church against the appointment of 
a Bishop, bul rather the reverse. The bishopric there, in fact, may 
have dated from near the Fifth century; it was ended in [689 

Perhaps the reader will expect more to be said here concerning 
the "turning over" of this Presbyter to the English Church, especially 
as the Scotch people were so bitterly opposed to Prelacy. Andrew was 
a Scotchman and a Covenanter: how could he become an English 
Bishop? 

I can only say, after studying his history and that of his times 
carefully, that it is not for us of to-da) to determine, without more 

E than we now possess, the propriety, or to discover the motives, 
which led Bishop Honyman to leave the fold of his ancestral church 
and tn enter a church with which his compeers were at deadly strife. 
Episcopalians will consider that he did wisely and simply acted a 
conscientious part. Presbyterians will hold, as they did in his day, that 
at a crucial time in the history of their church he forsook them under 
the blandishments or coquetry of an "unprincipled Archdeacon" and 
an "immoral King." who made his proposals of "toleration" and 
"pea.< cotland only for his own sinister purposes. It 1 enough 

for 11 1 consider that the day was one of most extraordinary 

turhulem ions upiin nearly everything besides the 

ed religious questions that so greatly stirred England and Scut- 




SEAL OF BISHOP HONYMAN; DATE OF 1664. 
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HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 27 

land. No one knew what to do or to say. Many were tired of incessant 
strife, fighting and bloodshed, and felt that, since Cromwellism was 
"dead" and the monarchy restored, the peace of the Church and of 
the nation demanded full submission to the powers that be. 

Charles I.'s overtures to the churches in Scotland, made in 1646 
eventually cost him his head. Charles II. was proceeding in somewhat 
the same manner toward Scotland, but his hand was gloved. He had 
come to the throne with all Scotland rejoicing over the Restoration; 
in fact, had been crowned there, at Scone, within three years after 
his father's death; ami now, with the Scots disappointed at Cromwell's 
inability, or want of desire, to secure freer independence for Scotland, 
the people of that country hailed Charles' accession as that of a 
deliverer. In appearance Charles did, at first, take away some burdens 
of the Scottish yoke. Scottish forms in the state were restored. Charles 
ihen proposed Prelacy in Scotland and some he found, like Mr. 
[-Ionyman, not averse to assisting him, no doubt believing it was the 
right method to preserve the integrity and advance the cause of the 
Christian religi< n. We of to-day can scr that both parties to the strife 
in Scotland were obtuse and unyielding beyond that of common reason : 
yet each believed their principles were just, ami to fight strongly for 
those principles was a part of Scotch and of human nature. 

'I'd give the reader an idea of the real instability of those times 
1 ne needs only to quote from Lord Macaulav in his "History of Eng- 
land." (Vol. I., p. \~2 i: "In the course of a few years they (the 
Scotch) had seen the ecclesiastical and civil polity of their country 
repeatedly changed. They had seen an Episcopal church persecuting 
Puritans, a Puritan church persecuting Episcopalians, and an Episcopal 
church persecuting Puritans again. They had seen hereditary mon- 
archy abolished and restored. They had seen the Long Parliament 
thrice supreme in the state, and thrice dissolved amidst the curses and 
laughter 1 if millions. They had seen a new dynasty rapidly rising to 
the height of power and gl<>ry. and then mi a sudden hurled down from 
the chair of state without a struggle. They had seen a new represen- 
tative system devised, tried and abandoned. Thev hail seen a new 
Ilmise of Lords created and scattered. They had seen great masses of 
property violently transferred from Cavaliers to Roundheads, and 
from Roundheads back to Cavaliers. During these events no man 
could be a stirring and thriving politician who was not prepared to 
change with every change of fortune." 



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THE < 1 1 1 Ki II IN THE ORKNE\ S. 



We do not know why the Bishop did not more speedilj set out 
for the Orkneys. Nominated in January. [664, confirmed in March 
following, and coi 1 in April, it was not until the first week 

in June. [665, that he arrived at Kirkwall, the capital of I »rkney, and 
the seat of his bishopric. Perhaps it was in pari because Archbishop 
Sharp was absent at the English capital, and he desired the former 
Archdean to lake charge of his affairs during his absence. At all 

ts, this is what Bishop Honyman did. He continued there in his 
former office of Assistant-bishop until the Archbishop returned. 

In the meantime he had sent letters to the Dean of St. Magnus 
Cathedral, at Kirkwall, directing thai, till hi- coming, the Dean should 
"see t" the weel ordering of the churches" id* the I >iocese. During the 
interim a Diocesan Synod was held at Kirkwall 1 November 9, [664 1, 
and was presided over by Archdeacon Kennedy. < >n the Bishop's 
arrival we find the fact announced in an official record of thai 
which i- still in an excellent state of preservation, and refer- to him 

\ndrean. misi divina < (rcaden, Episcopim; 8 vo. die mensis 

Junii, anno Domini [665." 

Kirkwall is located some two hundred mile- t\u^ north from 
Edinburgh, and th< ley to it b) sea was not a plea-ant one. h 

was, therefore, customar) for dignitaries, and those who could afford, 
ost, to travel northward aero-- Fife and on to Aberdeen 
and Inverness by coach or carriage; then to cross the Moray Firth; 
and finally, reaching the extreme northern coast of Scotland, to cross 
the Pentland Firth by boat, and so reach the ( )rkneys. That the Bishop 
went north in this manner i- certain, because at Aberdeen he visited 
the University, and was entertained there by the authorities, according 
>rds of that old and revered institution. 
condition of the church in Orkney at that period was 
what lamentable, espi respects the Cathedral of Si. Magnus 

Fabric of the I athedral was old and beautiful in its 
antiquity, hut had received had treatment during tin- distracting time- 
that preceded >n of Charles II. to the throne. Cromwell's 
had "reached and overawed the inhabitants of Orkney; had 
ion- on the e.'t-t side of the Cathedral; and hi- soldiers 
had committed gross outrages even in the ('athedral church." The 
pulpit and the -eat- in the ihmvh had been broken down Collections 
had 1 le in the town id' Edinburgh for upholding the fabric, hut 
it wa- not in the best condition of repair. The peO] illy were 



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poor, and the outlook for restoring the Cathedral and Episcopate to its 
old-time glory was not bright. 

The last Bishop who had resided in Orkney prior to ?Jr. Hony- 
man's arrival, was Bishop Grahame, who had resigned his office in 
[638, owing to the disestablishing act of that year. There had been 
no Bishop, of course, afterward, until the Restoration, when Charles 
II. appointed Thomas Sydserff Bishop. He, too, had been a Presbyter, 
had preached in Edinburgh, and had been made a Bishop originally in 
1634. The Scotch Assembly subsequently "excommunicated him for 
loving Papists better than Puritans," and he went to reside in Paris. 
He was an able scholar and author, but was too old at this time to 
go to Orkney; and so, while appointed March 19, 1662. he remained 
in Edinburgh, and died there the next year. Consequently, fully 
twenty-seven years had elapsed since Orkney had had a Prelate to 
reside in that island. 

THE HISTORY OF ST. MAGNUS. 

In this connection, a brief account of the history of the Cathedral 
of St. Magnus, the chief church of the Orkney Bishopric, will prove 
interesting, because it was at that time, and is, to-day, one of the 
most interesting, as it is architecture^ the finest, of any of the eccle- 
siastical edifices in the north of Scotland. 

" The mighty pile still proudly rears 
Its head above the wreck of years." 

There are said to be only three perfect specimens of ancient eccle- 
siastical structures in Scotland: the Cathedrals of Glasgow, of St. 
Giles in Edinburgh, and of St. Magnus in Orkney. 

St. Magnus was founded in 1 137 by Rognvald, Jarl of Orkney, 
and was dedicated by him to his uncle. Magnus Erlend-Sson, Jarl and 
Saint, who was slain in 11 15 in the Island of Egilshav by his cousin, 
Hakon of Norway. It was intended to contain the remains, or "relics", 
as they were termed, of this St. Magnus. Rognvald's means failed 
before the completion of the Cathedral, and the freeholders of the 
islands contributed to the final stages of the building. The architect 
was a Norwegian. 

The style is Norman, with a mixture of First Pointed Gothic. 
The material used in its construction was local sandstone, red and 
yellow, which Dryden said was probably the finest example in Britain 
of the combination of two different colored stones in patterns. It 
was of the usual cruciform structure, with nave, and nave aisles 



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north and south transepts, each with a chapel on the eastern side, and 
with choir and choir aisles, and a centre tower, bearing a dwarf spire. 
At present there is no spire, owing to a fire in 1671, to be referred 
to later. 

At the time of the death of Magnus, because of his sanctity he 

canonized and lii- body deposited in Christ Church at Birza, at 

the northwest corner of the Island of Orkney. About thirty-! 

years afterward his bones were transferred to the new Cathedral, and 

at the same time his nephew Rognvald, sometimes known as Ronald. 

urn Ronald, was declared a -aim by the int of his 

work in constructing the Cathedral tomb. 

After this the remain- of many Jarls and Bishops of Orkney 
were buried in the Cathedral, although few trace- now remain of their 

is. Earl Rognvald II. was buried there in 115S. The remains of 
Kin;,' llakon Hakonson were temporarily deposited within it in the 
winter of 1263, prior to their removal tq»Bergen. During the early 
part of the la-t century, on removing - mes at the side of one 

of the large pillar- of the choir, hones were found within it which 
some conjectured to have been those of St. Magnus himself, but the 
full pro ifs were wanting. 

At the time this Cathedral was built Orkney was subject to the 
crown of Norway. It is known thai there was a Norwegian Bishop 
there a- earl) a- 1 _" 6, and one is mentioned in [312. So ward 

the family of St. Clair were lords of the islands of Orkney 11300- 
1171 ). although previous to the last mentioned date the sovereignty 
of the islands was given to James III. of Scotland a- security for the 
dowry of tin' Princess of Denmark, who became Queen of Scotland 
treat) being dated Sept. 8, [468). In 1471 the actual earldom 

irkney and lordship of Zetland were annexed to die Scottish 
crown. Thereafter the Cathedral was regularl) consecrated to the 
service of religion under the Episcopal form of church government, 
and this was not formally disestablished until |. eighteen years 

! Bishop Honyman's death, except during the period from [638 
1471 the Cathedral was subjeel to die Arch- 
bishop of Trondhjem in Norway. 

In 1544. when Mary Queen of Scot- was on the throne, the inte- 
rior of the Cathedral was begun to he remodeled a- preliminary to 
the introduction of die riti • religion. The arrangement- were 

fully started for the celebration of Catholic worship within it- wall-. 
Bui the death of the then Prelate (Bishop Reid) altered even the 
temporary de-tin I lu dial, and the embellishments which 



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were to have been made were suddenly terminated. In 1562, while 
Bishop Bothwell was in charge, he farmed out to Lord Robert Stewart, 
Queen Mary's natural brother, the revenues of the benefice. This 
Lord Robert was the great-grandfather of the Mary Stewart who 
bcame the second wife of Bishop Andrew Honyman. 

It is said of Lord Robert Stewart and his son Patrick, who 
succeeded him as Earl of Orkney, that they "inherited some portion 
of their father's princely taste for fine buildings." The former, in 
addition to the erection of the Earl's Castle at Kirkwall, built a palace 
at Birza, and the latter reared the Castle of Scalloway in Zetland. 
Xot satisfied with these two, Patrick erected, about the vear 1600, 
another palace of considerable extent near the south side of St. Magnus 
church, and in the immediate vicinity of the Bishop's house. The two 
latter buildings, known as the Earl's Palace and the Bishop's House, 
are now in melancholy ruins. 

Kirkwall, at this period, had a regular city charter from King 
James III. (dated March 31, 1480 1, with extensive jurisdictions, 
property and privileges. The chief object of the grant appears in 
have been to insure the preservation of the Cathedral by committing 
its charge to a local authority. If so, however, the investiture of the 
lands and rights upon the incorporation of Kirkwall being considered 
illegal, was never carried out ; the incorporation never took any care 
of the building, nor did it possess itself of the church and its property. 

REMAINS THREE YEARS AT HIS Post. 

As has been stated, the new Bishop of Orkney arrived there in 
June, 1605, and at once presided over the Diocesan Synod. As Orkney 
had had no Bishop who had actually visited it since Bishop Grahame, 
t [638), there was much rejoicing over the arrival of the new overseer. 
It is recorded that Bishop Honyman preached before the Synod on the 
text from John xxi, 15-17. "Feed my lambs: feed my sheep." The 
next day, at a meeting of the secular court, in the presence of "the • 
Sheriff" (James Murray of Pennsyland), "whole Gentlemen, and 
Suitors of Court, Andrew, by mercie of God, Lord Bishop of Orkncv 
and Zetland, did produce his Gift. Donation, and Commission of the 
Bishopreke grantit to him be our Gracious and Dread Soveraigne the 
King's Most Excellent Majestic, which was desyred to be published 
and red in audience and in presence of the whole Court." 

The Bishop then produced a charter by King James VI. to Bishop 
Law and his successors; and Murray, son-in-law to the Bishop, exhib- 
ited an appointment as sheriff of the bishopric, an appointment by the 



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Bishop himself. This latter appointment was witnessed by "Thomas 
Honyman, < -n r brother, and Mr. Robert Honyman, our sone." 

I lie Bishop held a second Synod in June, 1666, and on Vug. 8th 
held his firsl ordination, that of Rev. John Innes, a young graduate 
of Edinburgh, whom the Bishop had broughl with him. 

< >ne of the first important reforms the Bishop instituted con- 
cerned the reo the Cathedral. He began a registry of baptisms, 
marriages and deaths, which are now considered to be "among the 
oldest extant in Scotland." Certainly there are hoik- of that day so 
complete as his, and few are to be found of so early a period. 

Mi' Bishop remained quietly in Orkney for about three years, 
and then made a journey to Edinburgh chiefly, no doubt, to secure 
the publication of his second literal - ) work, "The Survey of Naphtali." 
lie left Orkney in June of [668, and we next hear from him in 
Edinburgh, the visit to which proved for him far less pleasant than he 
had anticipated, for it ultimatel) cost him hi- life. 

AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER. 

As we have seen, one of hi- oldest and dearest friend- was 
Archdeacon Sharp of St. Andrew-: and now this friend, who had 
irchbi hop, was unconsciously the means of what nearly 
amounted to the murder of Bishop Honyman. From the various 
accounts which have come down to us concerning the cowardly .attack- 
on Archbishop James Sharp and the injury to Bishop Honyman. we 
-elect the following, a- furnishing the requisite particulars: 

"( >n the i ith of July the two Bishops had met at the lodging of 
the Primate's brother-in-law in the High street. The coach of the 
Archbishop waited at the door. But by that do-' tood also 'a lean. 
hollow-cheeked man, of a truculent countenance.' lie slipped behind 
the coach. The Primate got in. .and was distributing some mom 

1 r folk- in the street, when Bishop Honyman placed in- hand on the 

door of the carriage to assist himself into it. The 'hollow-cheeked 
man' had a pistol and live bullets ready. Honyman received the -hot 
in his wrist. Fortunately, the Archbishop -aw the man'- face, a- he 
walked calmly off. crossing the street He was stopped bj somebi 
hut. presenting hi- pistol, wa- allowed to pa--. I le changed hi- clothes 
at the house of a Presbyterian minister, and then returned to the 
street. Of course, the shot was intended for the Vrchbishop." (Cra- 
'I listorj - hurch in < >rkney," p. 37. I 



irn [10m another source that the Uishop had as "chamberlain anil i iiniell-m. n." (the letter 
ires f..r the grain, etc.), one George Ritchie. 




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CATHEDRAL OF ST. MAGNUS, KIRKWALL, ORKNEYS. 

The Cathedral of the Sec of Bishop Andrew Honyman. 

( Page 29 ) . 




RUINS OF CATHEDRAL OF ST. ANDREWS, ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND. 
This Cathedral was only partially ruined in Bishop Honyman's time. Founded, 

1159; completed, 1318. 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 3-, 

"l'.eing in company with Archbishop Sharp at Edinburgh, nth 
July, [668, and stepping into a coach at the top of I Hack friars Wynd 
in the evening, he received a shot from a person who intended to 
assassinate the Archbishop. The bullet being poisoned, the wound 
would never heal, which was ultimately the cause of his death." 
("Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticana?," Vol. V., p. 450- ) 

"Saturday last, in the evening, as the Archbishop of St. Andrews 
and Bishop of Orkney were going abroad, the Archbishop being in 
his coach and the other stepping in, a wicked fellow, standing behind 
the coach, did shoot the Bishop of Orkney beneath his right hand, 
and broke his left arm, a little above the wrist, with five balls; and 
immediately crossing the street, went down a lane and escaped, there 
being no person near at hand at the time but those who were so taken 
up about the Bishop of Orkney, that they could not observe the person, 
nor whither he went. That same night all possible search was made, 
both within and about the town, and this day a proclamation was issued 
forth for the discovery and apprehending of him, whereof a copy is 
sent to your Secretary to be presented your Majestv, whom we shall 
acquaint from time to time." (Letter by Privy Council, July 14th, 
[668, to Charles II., in Stephen's "Hist. Church of Scotland." ii. p. 
600-1 ). 

The event created great excitement at the time in Edinburgh and 
throughout Scotland, not so much because of the wounding of Bishop 
Honyman, as because of the attempt made to assassinate "the Sacred 
Person of the Archbishop of St. Andrews." There was a royal procla- 
mation issued by Charles II., on July 14th, which stated that, "upon 
the eleventh of this instant, the Most Reverend father in God, James, 
Archbishop of St. Andrews, and the Right Reverend father in God, 
Andrew, Bishop of ( )rkney, were publicly assaulted in the high Street 
of Edinburgh by a most desperate villian, who. having shaken off all 
fear of God and respect to man. did design to kill and murder them, 
and the Bishop of Orknev was cruelly wounded by the Discharge of 
a pistol to the Hazard of his life. By which barbarous anil Inhumane 
attempt, not only the sacred order of Bishops and safety of the 
Officers and Ministers of Religion (which amongst Turks and Heath- 
ens, as amongst Christians, have been in all ages held inviolate, and 
in a special manner are secured by our Laws) are in the highest 
measure invaded and violated; but our authority and government 
most scandalouslv affronted and injured, and all Laws, Divine and 
Humane, most wickedly infringed." A reward of one thousand merks 
( about i" 225 ) was offered for the capture of the villain. 



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The criminal was Mr. James Mitchell, who was described as a 
"youth of much piety and zeal," and who, by a class of sympathizers with 
him, was subsequently spoken of as "the martyr." He had endeavi 
i" procure a license to preach, but his application was rejected by the 
Presbyter) of Dalkeith. Archbishop Sharp was a man who had made 
enemies, and had already become a conspicuous figure in all the 
turbulencies of t lint time. lit-, too, had been a Presbyterian nhni-tor. 
but in showing his change of hearl he had exercised less humility and 
calmness than Bishop Honyman. He had tried to convince Cromwell 
less harsh toward the "Moderates" in the Scottish church, and 
had shown himself peculiarl) >us to the various schemes of 

Charles II.. some of them good and some of them far from g 1. 

In various way- he managed to make himself unusually objectionable 
tn many of his fellow -. 

Perhaps it may be well here to finish the story of the would-be 
assassin of the Archbishop, and as to the final ending of the life of 
Archbishop Sharp in a manner even more brutal than the prop 

iting by Mitchell. As to Mitchell himself, after the shot was fired, 
he walked rapidly away an ped into the house of a ministi 

the Presbyterian church, who was not in good odor. Later, he joined 

arty of Scotch rebels, who wire subsequently defeated by Royal 

ps at the Pentland Hills, lie then escaped to Holland, remained 
five years, returned to Edinburgh, and hired a shop within a 
few doors of Archbishop Sharp's lodgings, where he sold tobacco and 
groceries. For a time he was nol identified as the attempted murderer 
of the Archbishop, but one da) it happened thai the Archbishop, when 
on a visil t" Edinburgh, -aw him and at once identified him. Of 
course an am iwed, and on hi- person were found two loaded 

ils. lie was tried before the Privy Council, hut the evidence was 
lear that he was the man. However, upon promise of immunity 
he confessed the crime. Afterward, the Archbishop had the Privy 
Council reconvene, Mitchell was put to hi- trial, and this time, owing 
to hi- confession, he was put i<> death. ( )n January iN. [678, he was 
I in the G rket, Edinburgh. In hi- la-t speech mi the 

scaffold he -aid: "I acknowledge my particular .and private -in- have 
been 5uch a- merited a worsl death than this." As a matter of fact 
hi- private character was bad and he was otherwise described a- "a 
wild enthusiast;" nevertheless, the manner of hi- conviction proved a 

n upon Archbishop Sharp. 
I he \rchbishop continued his usual course of life, making plenty 
"t enemies among the Covenanters, until Maw 1679, eleven years 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 35 

after the shot had been fired by Mitchell, when a second attempt was 
made upon his life, and this time it succeeded. He was then foully 
slain along the public highway, near St. Andrews, while riding in his 
coach with his daughter. The slayers were nine Covenanters, who 
chanced to meet him, and who were extremely insolent in carrying out 
their sudden determination to rid the world of one whom they con- 
ceived to be a religious imposter. After shots had been tired, which 
wounded him. and when he was out of his coach and upon bended 
knees was praying for his life, he was ruthlessly struck to the ground. 
beaten to death, and a sword thrust through his body. 

His untimely death for a time mollified the ill-feeling which had 
been shown toward him. hut we find Scotch writers of a recent period 
not speaking in good terms of the character of Archbishop Sharp, they 
considering him a dissembler. Certainly be had neither the wisdom 
nor the tender sweetness of character of his friend Bishop Honyman, 
whose private and ecclesiastical life was full of abundant testimonies 
to the power of the Gospel, and of whom, after his death, even his 
enemies spoke in words of praise. 

Hut to return to the effect of the incident at Edinburgh on Bishop 
Honyman. The wrist of the Bishop was broken, but the wound at 
the time was not considered dangerous. Vet the bullets were poisoned, 
and as the wound did not heal the Bishop suffered much. In Burnet's 
"History of His Own Time,'" it is stated that "the bullet stuck in the 
Bishop of Orkneys arm. and shattered it so that, though he lived 
some years after that, they were forced to open it every year for an 
exfoliation." 

The party opposed to him in the ecclesiastical contentions of the 
day did not give him sympathy. The author of "Naphtali," ( Sir James 
Stuart) whose views he answered while suffering from his assault, 
wrote of him as "captious from his green wound, which he got per 
assidens, because of ill company." 

HIS SECOND PUBLICATION, 

The Bishop remained in Edinburgh for more than a year when 
he brought out both the first and second parts of his "Survey of 
Naphtali." Probably lie wrote much of it in Edinburgh and there 
oversaw its publication. This work continued and concluded the dis- 
cussion first raised in his pamphlet of 1662. Of the entire work in 
its two parts, Mr. Craven says: 

"The style is undoubtedly much heavier than that of the 'Season- 
able Case;' the sentences are long and rather involved, but it is a 



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clear dissection. X" point is left untouched or untried. Illustr; 

in the histories of France, Switzerland and England are cited. 

Writers of all ages and countries are i n the Independent 

'< hurches of New England' offered illustrative matter. Perhaps the 

ting part now is that which details the author's own 

on "ii church government. These arc given in the concluding 
part, Chapter fourth of which treat- of 'The Lawfulness of the I pi 
copal < mice' It is treated with great force learning and ability. 
i [e take- the opportunity to rebut some vile charges made by the author 
of 'Naphtali,' from which he shows Leigh ton 'lid nol escape spiritual 
assassination. The charges agains) himself Honyman treat- with the 
contempt they deserve. hi Bishop concludes by praying 

that 'the God of truth, peace, and love maj dwell amongsl us to unite 
our heart- in Himself, to save us from the snares of Sathan, and of 
turbulent and unquiet men. and to establish our tranquility in enjo 
the Gospel under the King's Majestie's Gevernment: lie Himself 
grant this for His great name sake. Amen.'" 

This "Survey" was replied to the next year by one who signed 
himself "A Friend to True Christian Liberty." and we hear no more 
of it. 'That it was widely read by both faction- of the Christian Church 
we can well believe. It showed the author', intellectual and polemical 
abilities at high tide. 

During his visits to Edinburgh the Bishop sat several times in the 

Scottish Parliament, his office giving him a title thereto. His last 

i thai Parliament was in October, 1669. "In decay of 

health and in considerable suffering," says Mr. Craven, 'die -pent the 

rest of his life among the people committed to hi- charge." 

MIS 1. VST VEARS IN ORKNEY. 

During die few years remaining to him in Orkney not much of 
-real interest seems to have occurred. Whether, during the period 
of hi- sojourn in ( (rkney, he visited thai part of his bishopric known 
a- "Zetland" 1 the Shetland I -land- 1 or not, cannot be definitely stated, 
but there i- no historical evidence that he did so. It would -eem that 
most of hi- time was occupied with improvements and repair- designed 
and partially carried out in the Cathedral of St. Magnus. Contracts 
entered into for roofing lates, timber, nails and iron, ii being 
desirable fabric should be more tenantable. Evidently war 

and the element-, and what seems to have been general hard usage, 
had made it worse than dilapidated. 

Arrangemenl 1 made for more -eat- in the Cathedral, and 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 37 

rules adopted for a more seemly conduct of public worship. The 
Bishop also endeavored to have his official scat in the church "trans- 
formed in a better forme, and repaired more compendiouslie, after the 
first forme it had in his predecessor. Bishop Grahame's tyme, or as 
he shall think most convenient for his better accommodation, with 
which desire the Session did must willinglie condescend." So say the 
church records. 

But all these preparations for the improvement of the edifice were 
suddenly arrested by a calamity which occurred in 1(171. ( In January 
9th of that year, in mid- Winter, the steeple was set on fire "by light- 
ning" (if we are to believe the records of the times), and all the 
timber work of the tall spire, including a portion housing the large- 
bells, was consumed. There was in the steeple a fine set of three large 
bells, presented by Bishop Maxwell, having on them the figure of 
St. Magnus with a sword. They were cast in 1528 at the Castle of 
Edinburgh, 1>v Robert Borthwick, master-gunner to James V. These 
bells, fortunately, were saved, through the active efforts of Bishop 
Honvman and the magistrates of the town, who brought in salt hides, 
so that when falling they would not be injured. One of the bells 
suffered somewhat — the largest one — but afterward all were reining 
This largest bell, known as the tenor bell, was scut to .Amsterdam in 
Holland to be recast, and was returned and rehung in 1682. It 
weighed 1450 pounds. The bell-house was speedily re-erected, but 
the steeple itself was never rebuilt, so that even to-day St. Magnus 
has a tower but no spire. 

The Cathedral in the Bishop's time also had a clock' with one hand 
which required daily winding: it dated from [669. The clock was used 
until 1751, when a new one was installed in its place. 

It is said that the old pulpit of the cathedral used by the Bishop 
was "very handsome and was probably the gift of one of the Kails 
Stewart." On the forepart of the pulpit was a carved board repre- 
senting the hands and feet of the Saviour in the form of a St. Andrews 
cross. This was replaced by a new one in [680. 

For some time before the Bishop Honvman period a portion of 
the Cathedral had been in use by the sheriff and judges of the civil 
courts. These courts were thereafter excluded from the use of the 
Cathedral proper. 

On March 15, 1671, the session of the church directed that "the 
earth be carried out of the church by the townspeople until the church 
be cleared." It is to be judged from this that there had been an 
accumulation of debris in the church as a result of the fire. 



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On June t6, [672, the Bishop directed that "the publeck prayers 
formerhe used in the Church of Scotland, and the holie Scriptures ln- 
rcad. with singing of Psalmes, not only upon the Sabbath afternoon 
until further order be taken for settling a ministrie in this kirk bul 
also twice in the week, viz.: upon Tuesday and Thursday at eight 
hours m the morning, desiring all those whose hearts God shall incline 
d the worship, to be present at the ringing of the bell on the 
said days." 

THE BISHOP'S PALACE. 

. ',' vvould be interesting to a student of the religious histon of 
bt. Magnus to enter more minutely into the records of thai Cathedral 
during its oversighl b 3 Bishop Honyman, but to the ordinary reader 
the only other stirring fad not mentioned occurring during the term 
oi his office concerns, not the Cathedral itself, but the near-by house 
or Pahce, m which the Bishop was supposed to live. V we have 
irl Patrick Stewart, of Orkney, had built himself a palace 
close to the ( athedral in or about the year t6oo. Tins was probably 
used as an Episcopal residence during and perhaps preceding the days 
0* Bishop Bothwell (in Marj Queen of Scot's time) after which what 
became known as the Bishop's Palace, the date of the building of which 
is unknown, was expressl) conveyed by the Crown to the bishops of 
"; i ' ,,, " c, 7 ^d their successors. But the latter was in the possession 
oi several tenants, including Buchanan of Sound, when Bishop Hony- 
man arrived at Kirkwall, in [665, and they declined to remove Pos- 
" c °«'d not be obtained, in fact, until 1672, seven years later 
;»" 1 '» the meantime the Bishop was obliged to reside in a private 
house or perhaps in one of the Cathedral buildings. An action was 
Car " ed ;'" ,lnrm - ^ose years to eject the unlawful tenants, and i, was 

Z ^^fVu^ BiSh ° P ' S faVOr There was no question of 
?* nght °J he B,sh °P to ^e use of his own prelatical residence bul 
he P roc <;fded '""" - Here he again proved himself to 

man oi "peace. 

, .' ""' '"" the courts bei dered, on October to „,-. 

,lsh °P s ^rvitor", v, : > a notary public and a man of 

ome local consequence, p, kn ,, rko , . 

^;; ^'tfance, used "his Majesties keyes," and obtl 

'ce. Vnd having entered the said house, caused the said officers 
e J<* and output the said Patrick Blair, his guids, extinguish and 

""" °Wlock from the hall doir kindle rtc aid 

™rend father his fyre, and put on ane lock upon the said doir aga n ■ 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 39 

The two palaces, the Karl's and the Bishop's, were located only 
about one hundred feet from the Cathedral. The Bishop's Palace was 
in size only twenty feet wide but one hundred and twelve feet long, 
five stories high, with one room in each story. The most recent date 
assigned to it has been "between 1541 and 1588," but others make it 
as old as the Cathedral itself. It is said to have become wholly 
untenantable by 1705, and yet was occupied for some considerable time 
later. The structure is now a deplorable ruin. 

The Bishop must have been pleased to have finally obtained pos- 
session of the Palace, especially because of its venerable and historic 
associations, though it seems not to have been in good enough condition 
for him to reside therein, as he did not occupy it. Yet it had been a 
glorious and famous building. Its dining hall was 46 feet in length, 
and attached to the northwest corner of the building was a round 
tower, erected by Bishop Reid, one of the ambassadors who accompa- 
nied Mary Queen of Scots to France on the occasion of her marriage 
to the Dauphin of France, and who died at Dieppe on his return 
journey. The initials "R. R.", with the armorial bearings of that 
Bishop, are still to be seen near the top of the tower. 

In a room on the upper story of the Palace, it is said. King Hakon 
Hakonson died of a broken heart, after his defeat at the battle of 
Largs.* A graphic account of his last illness and death is given in 
the Icelandic "Saga". It states that the Bible and the Fives of the 
Saints were read to him as he lay helpless on his couch, but he desired 
them laid aside in order that his attendants might chant in preference 
the Eddie Fays and Saga of his ancestors, the Norwegian kings. 
This last of the sea-kings died December 15, 1263, and the Saga goes 
on to say : 

"Immediately on his decease bishops and learned men were sent 
for to sing Mass. On Sunday the royal corpse was carried to the 
upper hall and laid on a bier; the body was clothed in a rich garb, 
with a garland on his head, and dressed out as became a crowned 
monarch. The masters of the lights stood with tapers in their hands, 
and the whole hall was illuminated. All the people came to see the 
body, which appeared beautiful and animated, and the King's counte- 
nance was as fair and ruddy a- when he was alive. High Mass was 
then sung for the deceased. The nobility kept watch by the body 
during the night. On Monday the remains of King Hakon were 

* If this be true, it proves the palace was then in existence, three hundred years before the later as- 
signed dates. Various authorities declare that King Hakon died in this Bishop's Palace. 



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carried to St. Magnus Cathedral where they lay in state that night, 
the steps leading to St. Magnus shrine. The tomb was then 

1. and a canop) was spread over it. and watch was kept over 
the King's grave all the Winter." 

In the Spring the remains were disinterred and removed to Nor- 
way. This king ruled Norway from U17 to 1263 and was known as 
"Hakon the Old." It was in his day that the Icelandic historian, 
Sturlasson, wrote the "Edda;" a wonderful book on the mythology and 
tradition of the pagan Norsemen. 

In the year 1535, or thereabouts, King James V. visited Orkney, 
and is said to have stayed in the Bishop's Palace for some days. No 
other Scotch or English king other than James V. had visited < Orkney 
since the islands were joined to Scotland. 

A GREAT CEREMONIAL. 

For a year or two prior to 1 074 the "Restoration" of the Cathe- 
dral was in steady progress. When sufficiently complete to permit of 
full public worship again there was a great ceremonial in the Cathedra! 
lasting for two days, described in the church annals as the "Celebra- 
tion of the Hoi) Communion." For some reason or other the Sacra- 
ment had not been administered in Kirkwall for twenty-two years. 
It seems strange that such could have been the case, but the records 
so declare. Therefore large and unusual preparations were made for 
this celebration. Ticket- for communicants were issued, the people of 

iwn receiving them for one da) and the parishioners of the country 
for the next day. On Saturday, August 23, [674, the preparation 
sermon was preached by the Rev. lame- Grahame. The next da) 
Bishop I lonyman took the leading part, preaching from Canticles V. -' : 
"I sleep, but my heart waketh; it is the voice of my beloved that 
knocketh, -axing. ( (pen to me, my sister, my love, m) dove, my unde 
filed; for my head is filled with dew. and my locks with the drops of 
the night." 

There were about six hundred communicants to receive th< 
ments, and £ 62. 9 i was the amount collected on the occasion, half 
of which was given to the poor, and the rest used for the expenses 
incident I casion long to be remembered. 

Remark- Mr. Craven, in his interesting record of these event-: 
"The Bishop, when he saw the decency, older and devotion of the 
people, may have felt that he had not written and suffered in vain. 
The aged prelate, consecrating the -acred element- with his wounded 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 4 i 

hand, must have drawn forth feelings of tender sympathy, esteem and 
love from those amongst whom he dwelt, and who knew him so well." 

THE BISHOP'S DEATH. 

The Bishop's health was now steadily failing, the wound in his 
wrist being incurable, and he could only attend the services of the 
Cathedral occasionally. His last sermon, probably, was preached on 
August 18, 1675, at a public fast. 

On February 21, 1676, he died, the result of poison from the 
wounds of Archbishop Sharp's intended assassin. It is stated by a 
contemporary that he departed "in great peace and composure." He 
had been the means of beginning a burial record of Kirkwall, and 
now the following entry in it was made for him in that record: 
"1076. Feb. 21. Andrew. Lord Bishop of Orkney and Zetland, died 
about 12 hours at night." 

On February 26th the treasurer of the kirk credits, "Mr. Robert 
Honyman, for his father, ye Bishop of Orkney, the mortcloth to his 
coffin, £17. 8s." The mortcloth was newly lined and prepared for the 
occasion. 

Fie was buried in the Cathedral, "close to the tomb of Bishop 
Tulloch" (who died two hundred years before), which tomb is de- 
scribed as being "between the two pillars on the south side of the 
choir." As a matter of fact (so writes Rev. Mr. Craven, the historian, 
to the author) he was buried in the old grave of the first diocesan 
Bishop of Orkney. Bishop William (who died in 1168), but in later 
years, "the whole remains were sacrilegiouslv carted away." So far 
as is now known no engraved stone ever marked the place. 

One authority says of the Bishop: "lie was much loved and 
respected by all classes of the community." And Mr. Craven says: 
"All accounts of him agree in speaking well of Bishop Honyman's 
private life. His enemies in ecclesiastical matters had been somewhat 
violent in their attacks upon him, but they were not attacks upon his 
private character." Mr. Craven judicially sums up his estimate of 
the Bishop as follows: "The character of Flonvman may be best gath- 
ered from his life. It was consistent and fearless, benevolent and just. 
He possessed a remarkable power of calm and dispassionate argument 
in a time surging with troubles and confusions. Diligent, affable and 
tender-hearted, he earnestly desired the peace of Israel." Hoosack in 
his "Kirkwall in the Orkneys" (page 431). says that Bishop Honyman 
was "an excellent business man, and, next to Law. the most public 



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spirited and useful of the post-Reformation prelates." This is surely 
the highest kind of praise. 

REMARKS ON HIS CARI ER. 

Bishop Honyman's life of fifty-six years wa concurrent with the 
most stirring time: in Scotland and with some of the most distin- 
guished men of English history. During his earlier life, and even to 
it- close, revolutions in church and state were almosl as frequenl as 
the recurring months. Criminations were most intolerant, bloodshed 
most abundant, and party and ecclesiastical feeling most intense. B 
six years befi leath of King James VI. of Scotland and I. of 

England (the son of Mary Queen of Scots), with whom ended the 
long period of Scottish kings, he lived through the terrible Civil wars 
that ended with the beheading of Charles I.: through the succeeding 
brief age of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate of Oliver 
mwell; and during sixteen years of the reign of Charles II. He 
saw the rise of the Covenanters, the Long Parliament, the Westminster 
Convocation of Divine- that intended to furnish a "Confession of 
Faith," to the three kingdoms, the ups and downs of Presbyterianism 
and Episcopacy, the appearance and disappearance of Roundheads and 
aliers. Until he became Bishop he witnessed the tramps of num- 
berless small armies and predator} hosts, ministering himself to some 
of the regiments, and saw the accompanying carnage and devastation 
of this awful period. I le saw numberless "great-little men" professing 
. while striding across the stage of action, swashed and 
bucklered in the accoutrements of war. or posing as statesmen of the 
Clarendon type. Yet through the white heal of strife he seems to 
have remained quiet, calm, ready to argue and to convince b) reason, 
disavowing the utility of war or revolution. In his second work, 
published in 1668, he did give wa\ in ii- title to language that showed 
him human, but the work itself betrayed less excitemenl than appi 
in the title. Generall) speaking, his was unexcited and unexcitable 
I, a real novelty in those times, if not in our own day. 

The average Scotchman, even now. ma) wish he had exhibited 
more ecclesiastical backbone of the Fifeshire sort in [662, but his was 
the type of a mild mannered, peace loving and estimable man. who had 
no heart for strife. In this regard he came pretty nearly being a 
Quaker, though without any known Quaker sentiments. 

But he must also have seen and been acquainted with some of the 
really great men of his day. and it is stirring to one's blood to even 
think of their name-, for they were those whom the world now delights 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 43 

to honor, as patriots and as authors of some of our most inestimable 
literary and scientific works. The greatest military man whom he is 
likely to have seen was Cromwell. lie must have had a look at him 
when Cromwell passed the winter in Edinburgh in 1650-51. But may 
he not have viewed at close range some other more peaceful great 
doers? St. Andrews was a university that drew many to it. In liter- 
ature. Drummond and Butler, Waller and Cowley. Dryden ami Milton 
were then at their zenith as poets. Harvey, who discovered the circu- 
lation of the blood; 1 I alley, the great astronomer, and Sit Isaac 
Newton, the discoverer of the law of gravity and prince of mathe- 
maticians, were his contemporaries; although Newton did not discover 
his great law until just after the Bishop's death. Fuller, the historian, 
and Isaak Walton, glorious fisherman, were engaged on their curiously 
delightful works. Richard Baxter was writing his "Saints' Rest," and 
John Bunyan, in Bedford jail, his immortal "Pilgrim's Progress." 
Being a great reader, having a real love for learning, we cannot but 
suppose he utilized many dull winter days in ( )rkney in silent com- 
munion with these gifted minds in Britain, ami, of course, with 
Shakespeare, who had already become a spirit of the past and the 
peer of all his predecessors in poetry. Milton's "Paradise Lost" 
first appeared in 1667, a year before the Bishop's "Survey of Naphtali" 
was published; and we must judge that the stately music of that epic, 
which will reverberate amid the arches of all after-time, impressed him 
as profoundly as it did Milton's other contemporaries. 

Of the Bishop's home-life we know nothing, but we do know that 
he was deeply attached to his brother George, the only one of his 
three ministerial brothers who seems to have wholly deserted the Pres- 
byterian body, and doubtless as much s,, to his other able and gifted 
brothers (who. however, saw little of him 1 ; and that he was greatly 
interested in all that concerned the future of his children. Those 
children, or such as grew up, moved in the best society, and were 
married into some of the most distinguished of Orkney families, as 
we shall presently see. 

THE BISHOP'S BOOKS. 

I have already described two of the works of the Bishop, fuller 
titles of which are now given for the information of the curious: 

1. "The Seasonable Case of Submission to the Church Govern- 
ment as now Re-established by Law, briefly stated and determined: 
By a Lover of the Peace of this Church and Kingdom. 1 Sam. 
xv. 22 — 'Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice.' Edinburgh, 1662. 



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Printed I l yler, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty." 

irvcy of the Insolent and Infamous Libel entitled Naph- 

Wherein Several Things, Falling in Debate in these Times, 

and some Doctrines in Lex Rex, and the \polos;. 

tiled by this Author Martyr- i are brought to the Touch 

Part I. 1668; Part 11. [669. Printed al Edinburgh by Evan 

Part II. is somewhat longer than Pari 1. bul it 

ry i" quote r 

the Bishop's death another volume bearing his name 
with the following singular title: 

displayed in a Disronery and Brief Refuta- 
Stnidrv Gross Errors Maintain'd by Antonio Bourignon. 
Aherdeen. 1710; printed by John Forbes." 1 _•,•; 1 pages). 

1 have •■nly seen ami cursorily examined the third named work, 

ami I ciently to award it praise or dispraise. \- 

. and ha- affixed to it the full signature "Andrew 

Honymai undoubtedly prepared during the last year or two 

ife, and made ready for the- press. Whether it was 

e death intervened before he could carry the 

Edinburgh: or whether the topic was nol considered by 

-her hi' sufficient importance at the time to have it 

the public, we do nut know. In any event, he had been 

in h e thirty-four year- before it -aw the light. 

onism," a- it came to he called, was a mosl singular 

tuation, which suddenlj spread in Scotland. The name, 

II know, wa- derived from the connection of it- doctrines with 

lourignon, a woman, who had been a semi-nun, and 

- born in Lille, in northern France, in the year [616. She was 

fanatic or enthusiast, who "-aw visions and dreamed 

trange and eventful life, accounts of which are 

m all theencyclopa \lnmt the year [663 -he first published, 

land-, her book, entitled. "The Light of the World,' 

1: which, finding circulation in Scotland a- well as in the 

craze known a- "Bourignonism" seizing hold 

It- author wa- plainly a mere enthu- 

supernatural revelations were mi a par with 

similar pi , which, here and there in all ages, certain 

While n life a- a t iatholic, -he subse 

• ligion, and probably it was thi- feature 

iniended itself mosl strongl) to the Netherlander- and t.. the 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 45 

Her views first spread throughout Scotland from about 1663 to 
1673, and this must have been the occasion for Bishop Honyman's 
book. Then the craze suddenly dwindled, and was little heard of until 
about 1710, when there occurred a strange recrudescence of this 
singular sort of religion; so much so that the General Assembly of 
that year declared that "the gross heresies and errors going under the 
name of Bourignonism are greatly prevailing in the bounds of the 
national church ;" and the next year it directed that, among the ques- 
tions to be put to the clergy at their ordination, should be one as to 
whether they "disowned" this "heretical sect." 

Without doubt friends of the Bishop recalled at this time the 
work which he had never published, and a printer was speedily found 
in Aberdeen who put his MSS. into print. That it did not halt the 
craze was no fault of the Bishop's pen. 

bishop's family by first wife. 

The Bishop married in September, 1(142, (directly after he had 
been transferred from Ferryport-on-Craig to the second charge of 
St. Andrews,) Euphan, daughter of Rev. Samuel Cuninghame, who 
had been his predecessor in the former parish. The date of her birth 
has not been obtained, but she lived with the Bishop for twenty-six 
years, dying at Orkney. March 2J. 1668. In the meantime there had 
been bom In the Bishop and his wife nine children, all of them at St. 
Andrews, since they were baptised there between 1643 and 1658. 
Only the first two were males: John, who died young, and Robert, 
concerning whom we have some interesting facts. 

This son, Robert, was Commissary of Orkney and Zetland in 
1671. He is said to have been a "public spirited man," who lived in 
"the east pairt of the Long Tenement," in Kirkwall, a house which 
adjoined the round tower of the Bishop's Palace, and which was 
given to him and to his wife, Catharine Graham, by the Bishop. Next 
door to him lived William Buchanan, of Rusland. In January, 1680, 
he gave £100 toward the repair of the steeple of St. Magnus. He 
died soon after, for his will, dated Dec. 8, 1670. at Kirkwall, was 
proved July 2J, 1681. In the record of the will it is stated that he 
was the "only lawful son of the deceased Andrew, Lord Bishop of 
Orkney and Zetland," and that he "died December. 1679." The will 
was "given up by himself and by Margaret Graham, his widow, with 
advice and consent of Harrie Graham of P.reakness, William Craigie 
of Gairsay, and Thomas Stewart, inndweller in Kirkwall, appointed 
tutors testamentor by the defunct to Robert. Harrie, Euphame and 



Till HOXEYMAX FAMILY 

Margaret Honnyman, his lawful children by the said Margarel Gra 

His mal) was valued al £630.8s., and consisted 

hing' - itch phrase for household furniture and stock), 

hich an invcnton en. It was accompanied 1>\ a long list 

lebts wen o the amount of £14,865.15.7. 

wed by him amounted to E2.133.10s., including £300 to 

- uncle, Rev. 1 hen minister at Livingstone, and 

Robert Honyman, another uncle, minister al Coupar 

In hi- testament he appoints his wife his sole executrix, 

e to 1 life-rent of his goods, and after her death the) arc 

t" In- equally divided among his four children, or such of them as 

shall then be alive: and he appoints the persons before named as their 

mil they should reach majority. 

[low Robert could have 1 essed himself of so large an estate, 

appr amount of £10,000, in the Island of Orkney 

luring his brief life of thirty-four years, one would like to conjecture, 

I'he property left by the Bishop himself could not have 

e. although there i- reason to believe it was considerable, as 

the n he bishopric lands in Orkney were supposed to be worth, 

5, 8,1 1 merks (!j 

'Robert must have died prior to ^ug. 23, 1680, because on that 

his -mi. Robert, tiled the usual "abbreviate of retours," in Kdin- 

f Mr Robert Honeyman, indweller in Kirkwall, his 

fatl 

■ intet le that at the baptisms of Robert's children 

distinguished men in Orkney, many of whom had 

- relatives, were present. Among them as witnesses to the 

following are recorded: Hi- father. Andrew. Lord 

i < >rknc\ and Zetland: llarrie Grahame, of Breakness ; Sir 

Will- 1 tirsa) : David Craigie; lame- Murray. Commis- 

Re\ Robert Honyman, then minister at Cupar in 

nd wife of Arthur Baikie, provost in Kirkwall; 

1 trkney (who succeeded Bishop Andrew 1. and 

lir-t daughter, Elspet (Elizabeth), married John 

linburgh, who became a sheriff-clerk in I Irkney 

lo in the < Irkney records. Their lir-t child was 

■ the Bishop. 

the Bishop's daughters, Euphan, married, in [669, 

in 1 : usually called "llarrie of Breakness," 

hame, who had presided over the church at 



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47 



Orkney from 1615 to 1638. The father of Harry was John Grahame,* 
of Breakness, son of Bishop Grahame, who had married Margaret, 
daughter of James Stewart, of Graemsay, and who had held the see 
from 161 5 to 1638, when Episcopacy was disestablished. Harry was 
perhaps the best known public man in Orkney in after days, and 
represented Orkney and Zetland in the Scottish Parliament of i685-'6. 
He lived at Skaill (west of Kirkwall), and built or enlarged the fine 
old House of Skaill there, carving over the door, beside his monogram, 
the lines : 

" Weak things grow strong by Unitie and Love. 

By Discord strong thi.igs weak and weaker prove. Anno 1676." 

The monogram employed was a double one of "H. G" and "E. H." 
Euphan, as Lady Breakncss. died in 1689. 

Another daughter, Margaret, married in [673, at Kirkwall, Sir 
William Craigie, of Gairsay, who was the son of Hugh Craigie, of 
Graemsay. He was also a member of the Scottish Parliament, in 1681 
and 1689, and it was during his attendance at the Parliament in 1689 
(on May 3) that his wife died. It was the next year ( 1(190) when he 
was knighted. He married (Feb. 1, 1690) as his second wife, Anna 
Grahame, widow of John Buchanan of Sandsyde, who died Apr. 21, 
1692. He then married for his third wife, Anne Hamilton, daughter 
of Sir Robert Hamilton of Silvertonhill. The father of Sir William 
Craigie (or Craig, by which name he was knighted), Hugh Craigie, 
was a member of the Scottish Parliament in 1640, and in [660 elected 
Commissioner to the first Parliament of Charles II. He purchased 
in 1659 the island Wyre. Sir William was in prison for a debt of 
£981 in 1703. but it did not affect his character, as in 1704 he was sent 
as an elder of Kirkwall to the Genera! Assembly of the Presbyterian 
church. "Craigie's Close" is still in existence in Kirkwall. 

THE BISHOP'S SECOND MARRIAGE. 

How long it was after the death of the first wife of Bishop 
Honyman before he married into the Stewart family cannot be told 
with certainty. It must have been, however, soon afterward. His 
second wife, Mary Stewart, was an actual descendant of the famous 
Scottish Royal family of Stewarts (later known as Stuarts). 

The Stewart descent is traced to the Norman baron, Alan, of the 
Twelfth century, whose son, Walter, going to Scotland, was appointed 
high steward to David I., and whose descendants continued to be 

• The Grahams were of Anglo-Norman origin and settled in Scotland during the 12th century. 



Tl; YMAN FAMILY 

the royal family, whence originated the Stewart name. 

cendant of Alan, the Baron, I iunt the royal throne, 

Robert 11.. of Scotland. The direct male line of the royal family 

.ted with the death of James V. in 151-'. and his successor, 

Mary Queen . changed the spelling from Stewart to Stuart. 

change, however, was not followed in the case <>i other descend- 

fames \ .. who continued to -pell it Stewart. After Mary 

ts, her --"it lame- \ 1.. who became lame- I. of England, 

1 reinstated the male line, and tin- succession of the line finally 

osed a- to the Stuart family with Queen Anne in 1714. when the 

ing House of Hanover came in. This House of Hanover, 

lowever, traces it- line hack through female line- to the House of 

titan. The line of James V. through his mother goes hack directly 

t" William the Conqueror.* 

The line from Robert II.. the firs) Stewart King, to the second 
wife of the Bishop, runs a- follows: 

1. Robert II.. who ruled 1370 '90, and died at the age of 74. 
-'. Robert III., who ruled 1390-1406 1 -aid to have been "the best 
of tin.- Stuarts"), and died at the age of 66. 

3. lame- [., who ruled I -l'"'-^-. and died at the age of 43. 

4. James II.. crowned when he was six years of age, who ruled 
■437-'6o, and died from the bursting of a gun, at the age of 30. 

fame III., who ruled 141.0 'SS; married the Princess Mar- 
land, and wa- -lain in battle at the age of 35. 
fames l\ .. who ruled 1 (.88 1513: married Margaret, daughter 
\ III. of England, and died on the battlefield of Flodden at 
the age of .} 1 . 

James \\. King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542. who died of a 

broken heart at thirty. In default of a lawful male heir. Mary Queen 

"' Si ! But -he had a natural half-brother through whom 

mtinued to Mary. Hi-hop Honyman's wife. Hiis was— 

r Robert Stewart, illegitimate son of James \ '.. who obtained 

rown land- in ( (rkney and Zetland from hi- half-sister, 

^'•" • in 1505. the same year in which Mary married 

Sir Robert wa- created Earl of < irkne) in 15S1 (but 



iven hu published an ingenious .hart tr.n in C the pedi- 

Adam. It makes Kin* James V. of about the 

■ Tribes " of Israel progenitors of the English-speaking 

■ bo n.arrie.l Mary Oueen of Scots to the 
ion [antes Y I at 
>i bed the sermon. 



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49 



actually obtained title to Orkney and Zetland in [564). His title 
descended to his eldest son — 

9. Sir Patrick Stewart, the second Earl of Stewart ( Karl of 
Orkney) who was beheaded for high treason at Edinburgh, February 
8, 1614. when the earldom expired. This Sir Patrick had a son. 
Robert, who was executed before him. The incidents connected with 
the two executions, first of young Robert and then of Sir Patrick, 
fill up a melancholy and curious page of Scottish history. Sir Patrick 
was not a saint, but the trial was wholly one-sided and partial. The 
verdict of history is that he was not lawfully condemned to death. 
The story has been told many times, and in fact the full proceedings 
of the trial of Sir Patrick are preserved and have been published. 
(See Peterkin's "Xotes on Orkney and Zetland." (1822). Appendix 

P- 44 ) ■ 

10. The only daughter of Sir Patrick Stewart was Mary Stewart, 
who married a Stewart of Graemsay, in the ( )rkneys. His name does 
not appear, but may have been James. 

11. The only daughter of the last named Mary Stewart was also 
named Mary Stewart, stated to be "heir of Graemsay and represen- 
tative of the Earls of Orkney." She it was who married Bishop 
Andrew Honyman. 

\l VR"5 S I EW \Kr's si in, 10 IBERT. 

I have had much difficulty in endeavoring to ascertain particu- 
lars of the one son of Mary Stewart, second wife of Bishop An- 
drew Honyman. Some of the Scotch works indicate that she had 
a sun Robert, through whom the line descends t<> Sir William Hony- 
man, Part. (Lord Armadale) of Armadale. Scotland, who was made 
a baronet in 1804. and whose descendant, Sir William Macdonald 
Honyman, Part., of Shropeshire, is a descendant and the possessor 
of the baronetcy. "Burke's Peerage." and other works upon the 
family which undertake to give the lineage of the baronet, indicate 
that they are descended from Robert, son of Alary Stewart. 

In Hossack's "Kirkwall in the Orkneys," published in 1900 (p. 85) 
it states that Sir William Honyman was grandson of the Bishop's first 
wife. Euphan Cunninghame. but that Mary Stewart, heiress of Graem- 
say, had a son Robert, son of the Bishop, who became proprietor of 
the Stewart estates. In Craven's "History of the Church in ( )rkney," 
published in 1893 (P- 49). '* > s ' eIt m doubt as to which Robert of the 
Bishop's sons obtained possession of Graemsay. In Scot's "Fasti 
Ecclesiae Scoticanae" the statement is made that the Bishop by Euphan 



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inghame had a son Robert "from whom descended Sir William 

madale, Bart.," and thai by his second marriage to 

irt. heiress of Graemsay," he "had a son Robert, who 

le, and oil 
the living descendants of the family has traced for mo 
the line of William hack to Robert, son of Bishop Andrew by Mary 
t. and 1 have followed that statement in Part II. of this work, 
there the descendants of Bishop Honyman are given in detail, though 
is inconclusn 
Without doubt Bishop Honyman and Mary Stewart had a son 
Itln ugh he must have beet named during the life- 
if his half-brother R immissary of Orkney. It is said 

- have been an uncommon thing in Scotland for two sons to bear 
■ name, although both were living, i l" there were property 
• >r it. 
This second Robert Honyman was born probably ah. an [674, and 
irvived until either [737 or 1747. It is said his wife was a Catherine 
The fact that he is afterward referred to .1- "Robert of 
may indicate that he in some way became possessed oi 
the i . after the death of his half-nephew Robert in 

'■■. ■ ;• - this last Robert, see m I hapter I. 
Robert, the Bishop's son by Mary Stewart, resided near Strom- 
in what i- —till known to this day a- the "Hall of Clestrain."* 
This Robert is -aid to have had fifteen children, few of whom. 
. heritor of Graemsay, have 1 been able to trace 
their mere name-. They are given in I 'art II. of this work. 

■ the authorities for the sketches ol I lyroan and his sons 

•nd k- ext chapter : Craven's "History of the Church in Orkney;" IIos- 

irkney and Zetland;" Dryden's "Description of 
anae;" Burnet's "History of His 

1 ■! parish records. ] n I 

referred to, many ft which the author has been un- 



■ ■t Kirkfield-by-Lanark, a great-great- 
written under date we learn this • ■( the 
led): "! was greatly interested when payin Mrs 
try house of the Honymans (called 

the entire upper story had to be taken off as 
rrh.ips. that Sir Walter Scntl visited there, and 

■ 11." 



CHAPTER III. 

SOME RELATIVES AND DESCENDANTS OF BISHOP HONYMAN. 
Sheriff Robert, Grandson of the Bishop. 

The Bishop's son Robert i first ). who died in 1679, had three sons, 
but we only know the subsequent history of one, Robert, who had a 
luckless ending to his life, when he was fifty years of age. He had 
married Margaret, a daughter of IIarr\ ( Iraham, his own cousin. He 
lived in the "Long Tenement" in Kirkwall, adjoining the Bishop's 
Palace, which he had inherited from his father, and which his father 
may have inherited from the Bishop. The house is -till standing and 
the rear of it is shown in the photograph on the preceding page, which 
also shows the towers of St. Magnus Cathedral, and the ruined round 
tower of the Bishop's Palace. 

This is said to be the Robert who became owner of Graemsay in 
the year [699. Graemsay was a large estate, which had come down 
from the early Earl of Stewart, and included the Holms of Cairston. 
Clestrain. the Bu' of Orphir, the Cairlin Skerry, and the Mill of 
Kirbister, besides some quois in Ireland in the parish of Stenness. 
It had been owned by one James Stewart. Harry Graham, to whom 
James Stewart was indebted, purchased it on a foreclosure in 1696, 
and, on Feb. 24. 1699, sold it to "Robert Honyman, of Kirkwall." 
Henceforward he seems to have been known as "Robert of Graemsay." 

On Oct. 15. 1714. Robert filed the usual paper in Edinburgh to 
indicate that he was heir special "to his father, Robert Honnyman. 
son of the late Bishop of Orkney," in < )smandwald, Melsitter, etc., in 
the Island of Walls, Orkney. This would indicate that this real 
estate was owned by Bishop Honyman in his lifetime, and also that 
Robert's older brother, Andrew, born in 1074, had deceased, leaving 
this Robert as the inheritor. 

In the year [725 there occurred the visit of the pirates, John 
Gow and his crew, to Orkney. This visit and the contemporary events 
were made the subject of the famous novel called "The Pirate," by 
Sir Walter Scott, which throws a great deal of light upon the Orkneys 
in the early part of the Eighteenth century. Sir Walter visited the 
( )rkneys in 1N14, and was so impressed with the story of the piratical 



j2 THE lit (NEYMAN FAMILY 

of John Gow that he wove them into a most stirring work 
■ 

s that the pirates, in their perambulations about the town 

of Kirkwall, visited the hou e of Roberl Honyman, and this is what 

occurred, according to Hossack ("Kirkwall in the ( )rkneys," p. 279) : 

were at that time no hanks in Orkney, and the Laird of 

msay had a considerable amount of money in the house. In the 

hort time of her disposal, .Mrs. Honyman. a daughter of Harry 

Graham of Breckness, had the cash box removed to one of the attics, 

where, ripping open a couple of feather beds, she threw the contents 

The pirates searched every room in the house, and when 

they came to this particular garret. Gow called his men away, telling 

oil their clothe- with feather-, searching 'that damned 

Shortly afterward Mr. Honyman. requiring to go to Edin- 

uirgh. provided for the safet) of hi- treasure by burying it in the 

ground. In doing so he had the help of a trusted servant, who next 

tarted with him on hi- southern journey. I '.tit in crossing the 

1 Firth the boat went down with all on board, and the buried 

lire remains to this day ui red." 

I he same author, in a fool note, hint- that the tradition of the 
the cash-box i- probably inaccurate, it being more likely 
■ gold went down with it- owner, who wa- carrying it to 
burgh for safety. 

the Minute- of the Council of Kirkwall of February 11. 1725. 

t wa- voted to put their town "in a pouster of defense," 

use that "yesternight John Gow, now taking upon him the nam.' 

and who ,- Mated to have been commander of a -hip 

hirty-two guns, had "robbed and plundered the house of 

Mr. Robert Honeyman of Graemsay." 

t would thus appear thai tin- Roberl Honyman. "Laud of Graem- 

bul 'wn residence was in Kirkwall, met hi- death in the 

• 1725. The fact that another "Roberl Honyman of 

■■inly mentioned later i- one of the deciding reasons 



Mention in Orkney, a, the only person who extended 

dale, who was then 
' "'" ■■' <»- "W. I « , earn from Sir 

' • .yming letter, 

t ve,eth.nju.t, 

■ 10 Kirkwall, i : nei I i i stare, 

ink thai in m : ,.,i ,, ,,,,,. 



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een, 







"THE LONG TENEMENT," KIRKWALL. ORKNEYS. 

Residence of Sheriff Robert Honyman. The "Bishop's Round 

'Lower" in foreground, and St. Magnus Cathedral 

in background. ( Page 51 ). 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 53 

for believing that Robert Honyman, half-uncle of the above Robert, 
in some manner became possessed of that estate, for I know of no 
other Robert, except the son of Mary Stewart. 

Just before the eventful voyage, however, in which he was carrying 
his gold to Edinburgh, Robert, then Sheriff of Orkney, was mixed up 
with an exciting affair in Kirkwall, in which one of his companions 
was murdered. 

There was great excitement at the time, and the affair was always 
known afterward as "Moodie's Murder." Sheriff Honyman wrote an 
account of the affair within half an hour of its occurrence, from which 
we learn that while he and Captain Moodie were passing up the street 
to attend a meeting of the Justice- of the Peace in the Cathedral, they 
were met near the door of the post-office by one Sir James Stewart 
and his brother Alexander, who attacked the captain with sticks and 
swords. (Perhaps this was the James Stewart who had owned Graem- 
say.) Capt. Moodie was a seaman, and a gallant one at that, and 
fought desperately. "Moodie's servant and the sheriff got hold of 
Alexander Stewart, while the two young Honymans and the Stewart 
clerk kept Sir James back. Then Burray, in his mad fury, called on 
his servants to shoot the Captain. One shot missed the intended victim, 
but. in the words of the Sheriff, "it lighted on my third son. Peter, and 
cutt the rim of his belly." Tradition ha- it that Sir James then called, 
'Fire again: the damned Hanoverian has more live- than a cat;' and 
the second shot proved fatal. The actual murderer- escaped over the 
churchyard wall by the Castleyard steps, in at the back of Stewart's 
house, out at the front, and off to the ferry. The instigators left town 
the same night before Mr. Honyman could induce the magistrate- to 
arrest them." (Hossack's "Kirkwall in the Orkneys," p. 216). 

The Stewarts escaped to the Continent, but. after six years, pro- 
cured a pardon. Sir James returned to Scotland in 1730. and Alex- 
ander fell at Colloden. 

From the foregoing account we gather that Sheriff Robert had 
a son Peter, but we know no more of him. 

It is stated that a "Robert Honyman farmed the rents of the 
Bishopric," from 1722 to 1726, and I presume it was the Sheriff. If 
so it would indicate that the date of his death by drowning was not 
before 1726. 

Rev. Robert Honyman, D.D., Brother of the Bishop. 

As has been stated. Bishop Honyman had three brothers who were 
ministers. The eldest of the three was the Rev. Robert Honyman, 



- 4 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

A.M .h.. was born in or about the year [624 al St. Andrews. 

He probably graduated, and certainly received his title of D.I)., from 

the Universit) of that city. Before 1653, when he must have been 

a very young man for such a position, he was Regenl in St. Leonard's 

Vndrews, as in that year (January 9) he was "promoted" 

hat position to the church at Newburn, which was located nearly 

south of St. Andrew.-, about ten miles distant, lie was admitted to 

the Presbytery April 27th of the -ante year, and ministered at Newburn 

nearly four year-. It is interesting to note that, in the minutes 

..!' tin- Presbytery, it i- recorded that he was obliged at this tint.' to 

trial before the Presbytery upon a controverted -ubject, 

and the subject is stated. The minutes say, under date of Jan. i_\ (653, 

that the was in session at Newburn, when it was reported 

that the session at Newburn "did unanimouslie nominate Mr. Robert 

Honyman, regent, to be their minister, and that tin- whole congregation 

•he election. And tin Session desired that he 

may be entred to his malls by the Presbyterie, in relation to that 

Mr. Robert being called and heard heirin submitted 

elf to the Presbyterie; quho appointed him to adde to the exercise 

the nixt day, and to handle tin ersie De Merito mortis Christi, 

Ires will permit." 

lie was afterward transferred to the second charge at Dysarl 

11. 1657), from which be was transferred to Cupar in [663; 

charges being in Fifeshire. Hi- ministrations at Cupar extended 

ghteen year-, when he was transferred to Si. 

Audi md charge, Feb. : 11 82 the degree D.D. was 

I upon him. 1 te died in March. [I 

lie married, about k>?j. Nicholas* Livingston, and. after her 

fain married. June 17. [659, Cecil C'annichael. daughter of 

Rev. Frederick Carmichael, of Markinch. In Lamonte's "Diary" 

find this interesting entry a- to this marriage: 

Mr. Robert lluniman. minister of Desert in 

fe. niaried Lill i rmichaell (for hi- second wife). Mr. Fred- 

m., third daughter. The mariage feast stood at Markinshe, 

- father'- house, he being maried there for the time." (The 

name and date do not quite agree with other record-). 

Ili- second wife survived until about 1707. ( In July 25th, of that 
.'.ill was proved al Edinburgh, and -he was stated to be "of 
hin." 



ucd a> • female name in Scotland. 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 55 

The will of Rev. Dr. Robert Honyman, proved Sept. 17, 1686, gave 
the value of his personal estate at £233.6.8, and stated that there was 
due from debtors the sum of £2,954.12.0; and that the estate was 
owing £438.6.8. "including £251.3.4. to the children of Air. Robert 
Honyman, minister in Orkney, as having meddled with* some acres 
belonging to them in Cupar." He appoints his widow his only 
executrix and leaves to her part of his goods. She is required to 
educate her children "suitable to their rank and condition." To his 
eldest "lawful daughter, Euphame," he bequeathed "his best bed" and 
other articles. He also mentioned by name "Xinian Flooker, his 
brother-in-law." His wife was to be sole tutrix to Euphame, Mar- 
garet and Mary, his children, and for her assistance he appointed .Mr. 
George Martine, commissary clerk of St. Andrews, James Cannichael, 
of Ballinblae, and George Gullan, writer in Edinburgh, "my brother- 
in-law," overseers to her. The will was executed at St. Andrews 
March 4. 1686, and he is stated to have died the same month, "aged 
about sixty-two, and in the thirty-second year of his ministry." 

Rev. Dr. Robert Honyman, by his first wife, had two children: 
Nicholas (a daughter) and Magdalen. By his second wife he had ten 
children, only three of whom survived him. The children by his first 
wife are not mentioned in his will. 

Rev. James Honyman, A.M., Brother of the Bishop. 

The next ministerial brother of Bishop Honyman was the Rev. 
James Honyman, A. M., who, during most of his ministry, was settled 
over the Presbyterian church of Kinneff, in Kincardineshire, about 50 
miles north of St. Andrews. He was born in or about the year 1629 
at St. Andrew^, and on July 26. 1(14'). when twenty years of age, 
graduated from the University there. After this there is a lapse in 
his history, as he next reappears in the capacity of assistant to Rev. 
James Sharp, minister of Crail, (the Archbishop Sharp previously 
referred to) about the year 1656. He certainly officiated in that 
capacity for a few years, until March 31, [658, when there is another 
break in the record. 

In 1663 he became regular minister, with charge at Kinneff, and 
was admitted to the Presbytery on Sept. 30th of that year. At Kinneff 
he ministered for thirty years, dying May 25, 1693, ''aged about sixty- 
four, and in the thirtieth year of his ministry." 

Kinneff is where the celebrated Dr. John Arbuthnot, intimate 

"Meddled with;" a Scotch phrase meaning the taking of the management of property on the chil- 
en's behalf. 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

[ Pope and Swift, and physician to Queen Anne, resided; 

i the place renowned in Scotch history as the spot where 

■ Regalia of Scotland was hidden during the Cromwellian days 

and long after; in fact from 1651 to the Revolution of tuXX. h had 

previouslj been hidden in the Castle of Dunnettar, near by. When that 

ed bj General Lambent, one of Cromwell's generals, 

the wife of the incumbent of Kinneff parish, .Mrs. Grainger, and her 

geniously conveyed the Regalia oul of the Castle and 

ted the articles under the flooring of the Kinneff church, beneath 

the pulpit. Probably the Regalia was taken out of this hiding-place 

re the ministry of Rev. James Honyman, the account stating that. 

of the time, before the Restoration of Charles II. 1 t66o), il 

- kept in a "doubled bottom bed" at the manse. The Regalia was 

finally brought to the light by the efforts of Sir Walter Scott, who 

published in [819 an ace Hint of it-- diso i\ 

Rev. James Honyman, while pastor at Kinneff, and when over 
fort\ rried, in May, 1071. Mary Leask, of Marvculter. 

six children: Andrew. Alexander. Robert, lame-. ( nil. and 
another, a daughter. I am only able to trace certainly two of these 
children. Andrew and James, both of whom became minister-.: Rev. 
Andrew, who succeeded him at Kinneff, and Rev. James, who became 
an Episcopal clergyman, came t<. America and gained high reputation 
s ..ne of the early founders and leaders of the Episcopal church in 
Rhode Island. 1 See the next Chapter). 

a monument to Rev. James Honyman in Kinneff, the 

on which i- given on ;, succeeding page in the sketch of his 

' >\-<n. Rev. James, the last pastor of the name at Kinneff. 

Rev. George Honyman, A.M., Brother of the Bishop. 

The third ministerial brother of Bishop Honyman, and one who 

Keen close to the Bishop's heart, perhaps the youngesl 

•ir ministerial sons of David Honyman of Pitlairchney, was 

Honyman, A. M. \s neither the dates of his birth or 

tined, 1 can only assume that he was born about 

1 : - ' ■■ certainl) living at Crail in [729, 

lined to the ripe old age of eighty-five. In any event 

'» •'"' 'Tl man in [729, and one must regret not to 

rticulars of hi- end. and. indeed. ,0" his entire ministry 

'hat he led a somewhat turbulent life; that he likec 

try and "unusual," and certainly made plent) of enemies 

"' I at St Andrews, July 19, too.,. \y e nex , nn ,, , lini 



ed 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 57 

about the year 1672, at Sandwick in Orkney, about 14 miles X. W. 
of Kirkwall. He must have become an Episcopal minister in the 
meantime, like his brother, the Bishop, who doubtless had him assigned 
to the church at Sandwick. for, on May 15, 1672, Bishop Honyman 
proposed his transfer to Kirkwall as a minister in St. Magnus. The 
nomination, however, proved unpopular, and it had to be withdrawn. 
In fact the Provost of Kirkwall produced a grant of the right of the 
patronage from the King to the authorities of the city; it was not, 
therefore, lawful for the Bishop to propose him. 

In 1673 ne was at Stromness, and he probably remained there until 
a year before the death of the Bishop, about which time 1 [675 ) he was 
transferred to the church at Livingstone, near Edinburgh. 

Sandwick and Stromne-s were close to each other and perhaps 
were served by one minister. They are located in the most picturesque 
portion of the Orkneys. Stromness being an island fourteen square 
miles in extent, and the ruins of its oldest parish church being there 
still. Some of the most ancient Runic >tones to be found in < (rkney 
are to be seen near the road to Stromness, one of the mounds exca- 
vated having yielded nearly 1 ,000 Runic inscriptions. There are also 
circles of stones, one of which contained the Trysting Stone, no longer 
to be found, which was turned to good account in Scott's "The I 'irate." 

While he was pastor of die church at Sandwick. Bishop Honyman 
aided him to repair and slate the church, and. except this record and 
that of his rejected call to Kirkwall, there is nothing more known of 
his ministry in this northern field. 

In 1675. before the death of hi- brother, Bishop Andrew, he was 
transferred to Living-tone, in Linlithgowshire, west of Edinburgh. 

In 1080. while at Livingstone, a personal attack was made upon 
him by a person who was afterward brought before the courts. 

( »n Dec. 3. 1685. "Mr. George Honeyman, pastor at Livingstone." 
filed in Edinburgh an "abbreviate of retours," as "heir of David 
Honeyman in Pitairchney, his father." 

< >n Jan. 16. 1688 "Mr. George Honiman, minister of Livingstone," 
was "made burgess and guild-brother by right of Beatrix Pearsone, 
his spouse, lawful daughter to the deceased Alexander Pearsone, 
merchant burgess thereof." (As per Edinburgh Burgess Roll). 

In 1088. while still at Livingstone, he was "rabbled" from the 
place. A full account of his "rabbling" was drawn up by himself, and 
attested by the synod clerk of Edinburgh, and has been preserved. 
Briefly stated, it is to the effect that on December 22, 1688, about 
"thirty men in arms" (who were Presbyterians) "forced the door of 
5 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

his house, and Mrs. Honyman, who "had been brought to bed only 
six days before that time, which was not unknown to the assassins," 
; .it their threats to her husband that she arose, and, 
"having put on only a nightgown, did on her naked feet interpose for 
his rescue." The ruffians carried away some of Mr. Honyman's 
property, including his horse They subsequentl) paid two other visits, 
which "equalled the former in cruelty and rudeness." (See "Scot's 

i." Vol. i. p. 193 ). 

Mr. Honyman then removed to and ministered at ('rail, near 
Andrews, and, while there he was served with a libel al the instance 
of the Presbytery of St. Andrews "for his intrusion there, for his 
bringing in innovations in the worship of God by using the English 
liturgy, his omitting to pray for Queen Anne, or praying for the 
Pretender or in terms which may comprehend the Pretender, as well as 
our lawful sovereign." 

In connection with his troubles it must, of course, be understood 
that the year [688 and that contemporaneous period was an eventful 
erne in Scotland, and men's minds were deeply stirred mi all kinds of 
points touching politics and religion of the country. We cannot now 
judge of the precise temperament of George Honyman, nor of the 
events which led to his leading a life of evident turmoil. I lis history, 
if written, would probablj be as interesting as it was exciting. 

<)n Feb. 27, [695, "Mr. George Honeyman, late minister of Liv- 
ingstone Kirk." received and hied a bond from James Clerksone, Jr., of 

land for 

At the latter date Mr. Honyman must have Keen at Crail, where. 

tated, he appears to have continued to Pentacosl of [729, and he 
pn ibably died soon after. 

Mr. Honyman married twice while at Livingstone: 1 1 I, in [673, 
Beatrix Craig and (2) in 1682, Beatrix Pearson. Both marriages were 
at Edinburgh. He also had a child. George, baptised in Edinburgh 
Mar. 27, [685, when he was described as "minister at Living tone," and 
the mother's name is given as Beatrix Pearson. 

We know the names of his other children through a document 
filed Aug. 11. 1730, ai Edinburgh, in which "Eliza, George, Janet and 
Katherine Honeyman" join "a- co-heirs of provision-general" "to their 
brotherjohn Honeyman, son of die Rev. George Honeyman at Living- 
This document would indicate that the father was still .di\e 
m 1730, when it was signed, and again residing at Livingstone, unless 
it mean- simply that he continued to call Livingstone his residence. 
< >r it may mean that the s, ,11 John resided there; the point is not clear. 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 59 

It could also indicate that the children spelled their names "Honey- 
man," although more probably this was merely the spelling by a 
draughtsman. 

This Mr. Honyman wrote his signature as it appears below:" 



CpjOjttl^ 



tnato. 



The Four Pastors of Kinneff. 

The Rev. James Honyman, brother of the Bishop, a sketch of 
whom I have already given, and who was pastor at Kinneff from [629 
to [693, ended his pastorate by death at just about the time of the 
final disestablishment of the Episcopal church in Scotland. His son, 
his grandson and his great-grandson, respectively and successively were 
ministers of this church. It is one of the notable events in the Kinneff 
church, and in the Honeyman family history, that there should have 
been a succession of ministers of the same family from father to son 
through four generations, all occupying the -time pulpit! The total 
length of the four pastorates, extending from [663 to [781, was one 
hundred and eighteen years. 

Rev. Andrew Honyman, A.M., who succeeded hi-- father, (Rev. 
James) at Kinneff, was the eldest son. He was baptised at Kinneff 
May 1, 1672. He studied at St. Leonard's College, in St. Andrews, 
and had his degree from the University July 17, 1688, when sixteen 
years of age. 

In October, 1692 (his father then being sixty-three years of age, 
and probably in impaired health). Rev. Andrew, having prepared him- 
self by a theological course of study, was called to be conjunct minister 
with and successor to his father at Kinneff. He continued to officiate 
there (but as an Episcopal minister) until 1701, when, on September 
24th of that year, he was ordained by the Presbytery and continued his 
labors there (the church in the meantime joining the Presbytery), until 
his death, Dec. 30, 1732. The Scottish Presbytery records state that 
he flied "in his sixty-first year, and thirty-second year of his ministry." 



* This copy of his signature is taken from a work entitled, "Lectures upon the Fourth of John," by 
Rev. Arthur Hildersham, published in London in 1656, and bearing Mr. Honyman's autograph, showing 
that it had formed a volume of hts library. It is now in the possession of Rev. J. B. Craven of Kirkwall, 
who sends the autograph tome for reproduction as above. 



THE HONEYMAN FAMIIA 

ministry was only dated from his ordination by Pres- 

■ ry. 
Interestii relating to his becoming a "turncoat," as he was 

ormer friends of the Episcopal church, are given in Scot's 
," \'ol. 4, pp. 875 876. 
Rev. Andrew married Helen Raitt, of Finlayston, and had two 
Iren. the second of whom, a daughter, was the wife of Rev. 
William Elphinstone. minister of Logic His first-born, who 

.1 him at Kinneff, was the Rev. James Honyman, \vli<>. in docu- 

ften named "Honeyman," a-, tor example: 

In hi- will of Sept. 29, 17-'''. he mentions Helen Raitt, his wife. 

1 r c , Honeyman, his eldest lawful son; Andrew Honeyman, 

I lawful son: William Honeyman. hi- youngest -on; and Ann 

and Rachel Honeyman. his daughters. The mother is to he sole tutrix, 

|ohn Rain, eldesl son of Mr. John Raitt, of 

( In a paper of Aim'. 5. [736 hi- widow. 

Raitt, mention- her children James. 

.\nr. tel, hut no others. William, perhaps, had died meanwhile 1. 

Rev. Iami- Hon . \\ ,\. eldesl -on of the Rev. Andrew jusl men- 

lorn about the year [703. We have no account of where 

is next heard of on Oct. 6, [725, when licensed to 

h by the Presbytery of Fordoun. On Sept. 26, [728, he was 

Monti now Keith Hall and Kinkell). .and became 

il Keith Hall. Aberdeenshire, where the church building of 

nds. On June o. [733, he was presented by George II. 

hi- father, and he became minister of the united 

'.me. Aug. 12. [733. In [738 he built 

Kinneff. 

fames at Kinneff was a very long one, 

11 1733 until 17S0. a period of forty-seven year-. He 

-- • "in the seventy-seventh year of his age and 

I his mini-try." He was the author id" the song "Hie. 

Iilinl er the burn," which was published in Strother's 

"Hat nia," and other poetical productions in MSS. 

amed was published anonymously h\ the author 

ia" 1 a work in three volumes, published in 

1 I h; 1 find only in the British Museum 

ndon), and it clearly indicates that Mr. Honyman knew 

im-elf to the common people. It i- a thoroughly High- 

hree verses of which run a- follow-: 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 6l 

" Hie, bonnie lassie, blink over the burn. 

And if your flocks wander I'll gie them a turn ; 
Sae happy as we'll be on yonder green shade, 
If ye'll be my dawtie, and sit in my plaid. 

11 A ewe and two lammies is a' my hale stok, 
But I'll sell a lammie out o' my wee flock, 
To buy thee a head-lace sae bonnie and braid. 
If ye'll be my dawtie, and sit in my plaid. 

" 1 hae a wee whittle made a trout creel, 
And <) that wee whittle I like it weel; 
Hut I'll gie 'l to my lassie and mair if I had, 
If she'll be my dawtie, and sit in my plaid " 

The wife of Rev. James was Katherine Allardyce, daughter of the 
Provost of Aberdeen, by whom he had at least four children, as there 
were four to survive him. The first, named James after his father, 
was his successor. The next, John, also became a minister, being- 
licensed as such October 14, 17(17. resigning his office July 3. 1 77 r . 
and becoming a dissenting minister in England. ( If him we have no 
further trace. The next son, Robert I!., became an eminent physician 
in Virginia. The fourth child was Helen, who married Robert Edward 
of Harvieston. 

Rev. James Honyman, A.M.. son of the preceding, was born 
about the year 1745. and in 1763 took his degree from the Marischal 
College and University of Aberdeen. In December, 1779, a few 
months before the death of his father, he was presented for the church 
at Kinnefr by George III., and was ordained August 17. 17S0. In less 
than one year after his ordination he was dead; his death occurring 
on August 5, 1781, "in his thirty-sixth year and first year of his 
ministry." Me was unmarried. 

AN INTERESTING TABLET. 

Thus ended the four lung pastorates of Kinnerr. The event was 
so notable that the brothers of the Rev. James last mentioned decided 
to erect a tablet to the memory of the four successive Honyman 
pastors at Kinnefr. The full inscription on the tablet, which is self- 
explanatory, is as follows: 

In Memory of 
MR. JAMES HONYMAN', Brother of Andrew, Hishop of Orkney, and Robert, Archdeacon of St 
Andrews, who was settled Minister of this parish of Kinneff 30th Sept , 1663, and died 25th May, 1601 and 
is here interred. " "' 

And of 
MR. ANDREW HONYMAN, his Eldest Son, who succeeded in this charge, and died 30th Dec 
1732, and, together with his wife Helen Rait, of the Family of Finlayston, is here interred. (His younger 
Brother, Mr. James was settled Minister in .Newport, Rhode Island and left a family, one of his sons being 
lately Attorney-General there). 

And of 
MR. JAMES HONYMAN', his Eldest Son, and successor in this charge, who died fth January, 
1780 aged 77 years, and is interred here with his Wife, Katharine Allardyce, daughter of Provost Allar- 
dyce in Aberdeen. 

And of 
MR. JAMES HONYMAN, his Eldest Son, who succeeded him in this charge, and died 5th Aug., 
1781, aged 36 years, and is here interred. 

This Monument is erected by Mr. JOHN, a Dissenting Clergyman in England, Dr. ROBERT, a 
Physician in Virginia, and HELEN, the Wife of Robert Edward in Harvieston, Brothers and Sister of the 
last deceased. 



THE HOXEYMAX FAMILY 

[„ ,; the tablet, in a closed parallelogram, appears 

arms either taken from some coal of-arms early 

the Bishop Honyman's family, or, if the 

788, from the arms then registered b) 

Sir William Honyman. A photograph of this 

indistinct, 1- given on the opposite page. 

Robert Bruce Honeyman, M.D. 

Honeyman, of Louisa, \ a., was a son of Rev. 
Kinneff, Scotland, (the third of the name), 
family hi ^iven on page 

n 1747 and emigrated to America when 
man. in 1774. Previous to this he had become a surgeon 
in tl settled immediately at Louisa, Va., but 

lutionary Army as a surgeon. He died in [824, 

en. lie must have been a man of unusual attain-. 

him (in Allen- "Biographical Diet.." Boston, 

he Greek, Latin. French and Italian, and with 

unwearied industry read almost all the most valuable l>«">k- in English." 

He - as living a life of "most skilful medical toil for 

half a century." By his will he left all his property t<> his wife, Mary 

hildren. < >f what that property consisted cannot 

tained, but two appraisements, of Mar. [3, 1826 

1 in Louisa county, show that hi> personalty 

3 and doubtless he was possessed of real estate. 

a, is a living grandson of Mrs. Honeyman by 

rid marriage (with Charles T. Kimbrough of Louisa), but he 

en a- much information concerning this distin- 

Sir William Honyman, Lord Armadale . 

Honyman, Bart., was the lir-t Honyman to be raised 

■. ..- the eldesl son of Sir Patrick Honyman, and 

if Bishop \ndrew Honyman. His father 

had 1 - and he succeeded. Hismother, 

as the daughter and heiress of John Mackay. 

. and a cousin of Lord Reay. 

He was bom 1756, matriculated at Si I eonard's I ollege 

in advocate on Feb. 15. 1777. In 
if Lanarkshire. 1 fe was pro- 
Lord of - and took his seal Feb. 7. [797, 




MEMORIAL TABLET TO FOUR HONYMAN PASTORS 

OF KINNEFF, SCOTLAXD. 

(Pages 61, 62 ). 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 63 

with the title (by courtesy) of Lord Armadale, from the estate of that 
name inherited from his mother in the County of Sutherland. On June 
29. 1799, he was appointed one of the Lords of Justiciary. He was cre- 
ated a baronet May 19. 1804. He married Mary, eldest daughter of the 
Right Honorable Robert McQueen (Baron Bingfield and Lord Brax- 
field*). 

He resigned his seat on the bench in 181 1. and died at Smyllum 
Park, his residence in Lanark, June 5, 1825. It is said of him that he 
"was distinguished as a judge," but we know of few other particulars. 
His Smyllum residence still exists, and is reproduced on another page. 
It is now owned by and is in the possession of a Roman Catholic 
Orphanage, to whom it was sold by Michael Carmichael, Esq., who 
married Mary Macqueen-Thomson Honyman, granddaughter of Sir 
William. 

Smyllum Castle, as it was termed in his day. was built by Sir 
William. An examination of the records show that he also owned 
land, prior to 1820, in Sandwick, Hoy, St. Ola and Orphir. in the 
( h'kneys, all of which he had inherited. In 1814 he was proprietor 
of the Hall of Clestrain, near Stromness, having as his factor there 
John Ray, who entertained Sir Walter Scott, as appears from Scott's 
"Journal." 

Sir George-Essex Honyman, Bart. 

Sir George-Essex Honyman. Bart., Judge of the Middlesex Com- 
mon Pleas, of England, was the eldest sun of Sir Ord John Honyman, 
Bart., and a grandson of Lord Armadale 1 Sir William Honyman). 
He became baronet on the death of his father, in 1863. 

He was born at Strawberry Mill. Middlesex, England. Jan. 22, 
1819, and died at Tundridge Wells, Sept. 16, 1875. In the year 1838 
he entered the office of Martineau, Walton <x Trollope. solicitors, 
Lincoln's Inn, in London. Two years later he became a pupil of Sir 
Fitzroy Kelly, and afterward read with David O. Gibbons, the special 
pleader. In 1842 he began practice as a pleader. It is said of him 
that for seven years he had few clients, hut in the meantime he had 
mastered commercial law, and then, on June 8, 1849, being called to 
the liar in the Middle Temple, he went on the home circuit, where he 
immediately attracted attention by reason of his excellent memory, 



• lord Braxfield (Robert Mc Queen) was Lord Justice clerk i788-'ga. He resided at No. 28 George 
Square, Edinburgh. He was a man of rough exterior and sometimes overbearing manners, but, says Lord 
Cockburn, "the giant of the Bench," with a kind heart. It is related of him that after some one had 
spoken in his defense in a certain matter he said to him : " There's nae doot ye're a vera clever chiel, man, 
but for a' that I'm thinkin' ye wad be nane the waur o' a hanging." 






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ntellect and industry. He also became noted for his con- 
. which aided to secure for him a large and lucrative 
irded of him that, by [853, he was "the best com- 
mercial lawyer of the day." 

He was appointed Queen's Counsel July 23, [866; became a 

her of his Inn in N'ovember, [866, and was made sergeant-at-law 

nary 23, [873. Through the recommendation of Lord Selhorne 

le a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Jan. 23, [873, but 

ebruary, 1875, seven months prior to his death. His 

trait appears on another page. 

Rear-Admiral Robert Honyman. 

the -"ii- of Sir Patrick Honyman of Clestrain Hall, 
•rkneys, and a great-great-grandson of Bishop Andrew 
Honyman, was Robert, who became a distinguished English Admiral. 
He was born in the Orkneys in December, [767, and lived until 1S48. 
when nearly eighty-two years of age. He was a half-brother to Lord 
Armadale (Sir William Honyman). He probabl) wrote his name 
Honyman, bul obituary notices of his death spelled the name Honey- 
man. 

When under fifteen years of age (on April 20, [782) he entered 
the Royal Navy at the bottom of the ladder, becoming a "Captain's 
nt." on a war sloop, the "Queen," the Captain of which was Pat- 
rick Sinclair, (probably his maternal grandfather). This vessel was 
tioned in the North sea. Step 1>\ step he progressed upward, be- 
first, midshipman, and then, on < >ci 21, 171)0. Lieutenant. 
changing ships repeatedly as he was promoted. In [793 he was on the 
Mediterranean and witnessed the occupation oi ["oulon. lie was 
wounded in action N'ovember 14. 1705. ' >n Vugust [3, [796, he be 
ptain. assuming command of the sloop "Tisiphon." Soon after 
tlii- lie captured two French privateers. 

ii n December 10, [798, Captain Honyman obtained a Post rank. 

in 1800 conveyed Admiral Montagne to Jamaica. In [806 he 

reduction of the Cape Hope, and [807 was 

Plata in South America. From [8o9-'i2 he served mi 

the I 1, and in 1813 went to North America. He fought re- 

ch ships, and was captured by various of them 

lie was also engaged in an expedition to Copenhagen. 

iile not rl in the service, he was elected a member 

of Parlimenl for Orknej and Scotland. 

lanuary. 1816, onward, he was unemployed in active ser- 




5MYLLUM CASTLE, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND. 

Built by Sir William Honyman i Lord Armadale). 

( Page 63). 




HOME OF JOHN HONEYMAN, "THE SPY," GRIGGSTOWN, X. .1. 

Occupied by him during the Revolutionary War and later. From photograph 

recently taken. (Pages 100, 108). 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 65 

vice, but in consideration of his previous career he became, on May 
27, 1825, Rear- Admiral ; on January 10. 1837, Vice-Admiral, and on 
February 19, 1847, Il, U Admiral. 

The particulars of his later life, and the exact date of his 
death I have been unable to obtain, but his death occurred sometime in 
August, 1848. 



\ITKk [V. 
REV. JAMES HONYMAN, OF NEWPORT, R. I. 

the best known and most influential missionaries of the 

urch in England to America was the Rev. James Hony- 

man. who preached at Newport, R. I., and in adjacent towns, as early 

nd who has long been known as the founder of t lie Episcopal 

church at large in the distinguished Colony organized by Roger Wil- 

liams. His ministry there of forty-six years was so fruitful that an 

of it and of him might readily be expanded into a volume. 

upon Rhode Island, and concerning Newport, and 

his church, give little clew to his 

ty. One writer says he was "born in England about the 

though another authority declares he was "a Scotchman," and 

tes lie was Scotch. The author probably now pub- 

the first time in America hi- exact place of birth and hi- 

family origin. 

lie was in fact a Scotchman, burn in Kinneff, Kincardinshire, 

and, all' .ut the year 1075. hi- father, also a Rev. lames Honyman, 

laving been pastor ai Kinneff from [663 t" [693, when lie died in the 

ninisi Rei James of Kinneff was a brother i" Bishop 

Andrew Honyman of the Orkneys, so that Rev. lame- of Rhode 

nephew to Bishop Andrew. Rev. lame- of Newport had 

Rev. \ndrew Honyman, named after Bishop Andrew, win 1 

iiuc the next pastor at Kinneff. and w hei Rev. lame-. 

randson, -till another Rev. lame-, were successively pas 

church. (As to them, see preceding Chapter). 

■ -t baptismal records ai Kinneff not having Keen found. 

able more positively die date of die birth of Rev. 

ewport; nor have 1 ascertained the place of hi- e duc; 

om of thi h Universities I either at 

\ndrews 1. We do know that, when about twenty- 
he was regularly ordained to the ministry, and 
limably a- chaplain), and was -ent in 170) by 
die Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign 
■ ' r< m London, a- a missionary preacher 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 67 

to Long Island, though he located instead in Rhode Island. That 
Society had previously sent missionaries to New Jersey and elsewhere, 
having been chartered June 16, 1700, by William III. It embraced as 
its charter members the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and 
other leading bishops, deans, doctors of divinity and of medicine, 
university professors, etc. It was supported by voluntary contribu- 
tions, including gifts from the English King or Queen. 

Church societies had previously been formed at Newport, Narra- 
gansett and the "Eastern Shore." Newport had already had a Rev. 
John Lockyer as preacher from 1698 Cor earlier), but for some reason 
it was considered desirable for that church to send over to England 
for another minister. Under Mr. Lockyer's administration Newport 
had constructed an edifice in 1702. which was called Trinity, a name 
which still adheres to the church building and the congregation. Before 
that period, however (Sept. 26, 1699), the church societies in Rhode 
Island petitioned the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 
Foreign Parts" in England and also the Bishop of London to send 
over to them a preacher of the Church of England. Most active in 
sending this letter was Gabriel Bernon, who is referred to on a subse- 
quent page. 

It is said in Arnold's "History of Rhode Eland" ( Vol. 2. p. 17) 
and in other authorities, that because of this request Mr. Hony'man 
was sent to Newport in 1704 and became rector of Trinity Church. 
But this statement is somewhat misleading. It is true a minister was 
petitioned for by Newport and adjoining parishes and as a result Mr. 
Honyman came to America and afterward became located at Newport. 
But it is clear from a published letter written by him to the home 
Society, dated "Long Island. April 15, 1704," that he was actually sent 
out from England to minister to the church in Jamaica. Long Island. 
and first went there. In this letter he stales that he left his "station 
in the navy," (which is the only record I have seen of his previous 
labors), "on purpose to serve at Jamaica in the province of New 
York;" and that, on his arrival by ship at Boston, he learned that he 
"should find but a cold reception at the hands of that Government," 
meaning the government of Lord Cornbury. The reason assigned for 
this expectation is that certain most "scandalous reports" had been 
circulated about him at Jamaica by his enemies. However, he went 
on to Jamaica, successfully refuted the ugly rumors, and then, we 
know not when or why, he must have abandoned that field for New- 
port. This letter is rather long to quote in full, but will be found at 






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[h in the "Documentary Historj of New York," (Vol. 3, p. 126). 

in the letti 

W e church in this town, but so far is it Erom being 

mental that we have not those necessarys that are requisite to a 

our office, namely, neither Bible, nor Prayer Book, 

ither for Pulpit nor Altar. To this parish belong two 

New Town and Flushing, famous for being stocked 

akers, whither I intend to go upon their meeting-day on pur- 

h Lectures against their Errours." 

It must have been a strange church, indeed, not to have had either 

Bible <>r prayer-1 k! But the explanation is found, doubtless, in the 

fact that Lord Cornbury, who was then at Newtown with his Council, 
owing to the prevalence of yellow fever in New York City, had onl) 
m-t before endeav set up the Episcopal church there quite in 

defiance of the wishes of the people. The resultant commotion and 
the preponderance of other denominations are what probably drove 
Mr. Honyman oft' 1,, Newport. He drew some salary, however, while 
at Jamaica, from the Mate of New York, a- appears by an order of 
I uly 19, 1704. from Thomas Cardale, sheriff of Queens County, New 
York, "to pa\ to lame- Honeyman certain moneys collected for the 
maintenance of the ministers of Jamaica." (Calendar Ili-t. MSS. ol 

IMS Work IN NEWPORT AND Vic INIIV. 

Immediately after beginning his work at Newport he visited 

town, Tiverton and Little Compton, and continued to serve these 

-mailer town-- by turns on week-days for eight yeafs, when they also 

plied with other missionaries. At the conclusion of this 

telling at Providence once a fortnight, and SUC- 

ed in building up the church in that town: to which matter 1 shall 

ain. 

In the meantime 1170S1, Mr. Honyman returned to Scotland. 

11 hi- pri 1 hack to Newport, and never 

hi- homeland. While he was absent some internal 

turbaiice occurred, a- are hinted at in the chinch minute-, 

• known. I [owever, on hi- return, his 

■it and tact soon straightened out all discord, and we do 

-ain. 



' there i« muchuid olxitit the disturbances in the Jamaica pariah 
mentioned. 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 69 

Few American church pastors in that day were well equipped with 
a working library, as books on theology were expensive and few were 
printed in this country. But the home Society sent over to Mr. 
Honyman "'as an encouragement" seventy-five volumes of "the best 
theological works of the day," most of them large folios. Some of 
these books are still in the possession of Trinity church. As a further 
encouragement Queen Anne presented the church with a bell in 1709. 
This bell, becoming cracked, was sent back to England in 1740 to be 
recast. 

On Nov. 16, 1713, Mr. Honyman and his church wardens and 
vestrymen petitioned Queen Anne to send to Rhode Island a Bishop, 
but nothing came of it: it was not until 1790 that the church in that 
state had a Bishop. 

In 1714 he presented a memorial to Governor Nicholson mi the 
religious condition of Rhode Island. lie said the people were "'divided 
among Quakers. Ana-Baptists, Independents. Gortonians and Infidels, 
with a remnant of true Churchmen." He suggested that a number of 
clergv should be settled in the several townships under the jurisdiction 
of a Bishop, the establishment of schools, and a proper recognition of 
Episcopacy from the civil government. 

In 1720 we find him engaged in preaching repeatedly at Provi- 
dence, described as "the growing town at the head of Xarragansett 
Bay." He discovered there was great need of a church there, and he 
wrote to his home Society strongly concerning "the want of a mis- 
sionary at a town called Providence." where, "through the want of 
instruction the people are becoming quite rude, and void of all knowl- 
edge in religion:" yet it is gratifying to know "they were of a good 
teachable disposition." Later, in the year 1722, he reported that he 
had preached in Providence, "to the greatest number of people he had 
ever had together since he came to America." He further stated that 
no house was able to hold them, and that he was obliged to preach 
in the fields. A writer on the subject <ays : "It appears to have been 
a direct result of Mr. Honyman's enterprise that the people of Provi- 
dence started to raise money to build a church." 

It would also appear that he continued to officiate at intervals in 
the church at Xarragansett, because that church sent a letter, dated 
Oct. 20, 1715, to the home Society, in which it says of Rev. James 
Honyman: (His) "presence with us and service amongst us have been 
and always shall be acceptable with us." 

Every year Mr. Honyman made a report of his work to the home 
Society in England, and it is said that these reports, still preserved, 



THE HOXEYMAN FAMILY 

.:n a full hisi .ry of his eventful life. As they must over almost 

i remarkable ministry among both Indians and 

I lonj of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," 

.- always the official designation of the Colony, it is to be 

• pts may some day be obtained, and published bj 

e Island Historical Society, or by the Episcopal Diocese of 

withstanding the want of these full reports, there is an earl) 

known as Humphrey's "History of the Propagation of the G - 

which contains - unit of the annual reports made by the 

•v in England, and which gives interesting E; ed upon Rev. 

Mr. 1 1. unman'- letter-. 1 have made -cine use of it in the prepara- 

etch. 

reports we learn that, in 1722, he baptised eighty-two 

., forty-three persons; in [728, eighty-eight persons; 

y-four persons; and so on, proving thai he was reaping 

abundantly. Generally there w and Indians 

baptisms. 

Alter he had visited the Narragansett Bay congregations repeat- 

mmended that a young man. whom he sent to them, be 

t ric ; ;' he might tt"t have sufficient learning and character to 

heir minister. The letter, which accompanied the candidate 

interesting one, as showing the ease with 

which Mr. Honyman wrote his letters. 1 present it in full below, 

but 1 1 r - 1 will give a preceding letter in date, which will give quite an 

t into 1 ii mal high character : 

1 U'.KIKI. BERNON AT PROVIDENCE, R. I. 

I am favored with yours of the 21st inst., and am ver) 

1 hi your zealous concern for settlin 1 hurch of 

town. You no doubt remember that at our first 

I frankly and generously offered my service 

' preach and baptise any p( children that wanted 

that a< 'anient ; which offer, you know, was rejected. 

. if there are any still that desire me to go thither upon that 

n I shall always be read) to comply with any motions that may 

• interest of re' :ording to the doctrine and discipline 

lurch. 1 am very sensible the Presbyterians are very forward 

in their applications and endeavors of having their way 

among the people of your town, but then, if the 

it willing to receive it. I wish they would testify their 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL - \ 

dissent under their hands, as also their desires to have a Church settled 
among them. As for Colonel Whipple, I am a stranger to him, and 
by consequence can have no influence over him. And, indeed, the 
season is so far advanced this year that there can be hardly anv essays 
made before the Spring, and then, if there is any prospect of encour- 
agement, I hope I shall not be wanting to my duty. As for what 
results to Mr. Powell you cannot be insensible of the pains I took to 
procure a reconciliation. I shall, therefore, now only observe to you 
that the most of the duties of mankind are reciprocal; for instance, 
there are mutual good offices between ministers and hearers, parents 
and children; and, therefore, as we expect our children shall treat us 
with duty and observance, we must also consider that there are due 
from us to them, affection, maintenance, and what else belongs to the 
parental relation. I shall now conclude by assuring you that I am, 

"Your very humble servant, 

"James Honeyman. 

"Newport, in Rhode Island, Sept. 2$. 1721." 

This Gabriel Bernon was one of the vestrymen of the Providence 
church. He was born in Rochelle, France, in [646, had been 
driven out of France at the time of the Huguenot expulsion and had 
gone to England. In 1698 he came to Rhode Island. He was an active 
Protestant, and a zealous churchman. He went from Newport to 
Providence, and died in 1736, aged ninety-one years. In many ways 
he was an interesting character, as well as a good and useful man. 

Evidently Mr. Honyman had stayed at Mr. Bernon's house at 
Providence, where, as in Trinity church preceding, he was an active 
man in the church, as well as a leading merchant of the place. From 
the reports of Mr. Honyman to the home Society it appears that a 
Rev. Mr. Guy had labored at Providence prior to September, 17 18, 
and that from that date until 1721 Mr. Honyman occasionally preached 
there. At the date of the letter, the church was without a minister. 

On June 1, 1722, Mr. Honyman wrote to Mr. Bernon that he 
would go there on June 17 to preach, which he no doubt did. On 
Sept. 6 he wrote to Mr. Bernon a letter of thanks for kindnesses 
received, and then it was that Mr. Bernon wrote a letter in not very 
good temper, stating that a young man, a Mr. Usher, whom Mr, 
Honyman had suggested as a possible minister for the church, was 
not the kind that was wanted, but that they needed "a learned man" 
to be sent out from England. This letter from Bernon was the occa- 
sion for the following reply from Mr. Honyman, under date of 
Sept. 28th : 



Till: HOXEYMAX FAMILY 
AMU HER LI MR. BERNON. 

"Sir: 1 have jus ed yours of the 21st inst., whereby I 

have misunderst 1 my zeal to serve you in proposing 

Mr. L'sher's giving you an experiment of his conversation and abilities, 

ii a stranger to me as he was to you. Nor had I any 

serve him, and it is perfectly equal to me 

whether ive him or reject him. Only I must be plain to say 

. though I acknowledge your town want- a minister of great virtue 

and . ■ I think- it a little to i soon to insist upon such terms, 

whereas it i- not certain whether you shall have anyone at all. or not ; 

me that unli e more prudent measures are 

lil\ taken than 1 find are yet concerted amongst you, you may 

'hum a minister for some considerable time. 

"I have hitherto done my utmost to express my concern for ami 

■ the inter' >ur church; hut if my endeavors have been 

ken. 1 -hall be more cautious and reserved in the future. The 

Irawing nigh of winter, make- it m 
■.hen I -hall take any mure turn- to Providence; in the meantime, 
■~elf. lady and children, conclude me. 
"Sir. your must humble servant, 

"James ETonyman. 
"Newport, in Rhode island, Sept. 28, 17-'-!." 

It i- but another evidence of Mr. Honyman's interest in the 
nee church that when it came to build a church edifice later, 
■1 to it C\n from hi- meagre -alary. 
It i- easily gleaned from these letter- that Rev. Mr. Honyman 
t this time looked upon a- an advisor to the newly cr< 

Rhode Island, and there are other evidences that 

ading reli gh\ of that Colony. Bui Mr. Eionyman 

-till '-It the need of a Bishop who should be the spiritual head 

of the Colony, so far owing English I hurch was concerned; 

u-ibility upon himself was i<"> great in connection 

with hi- arduous duties at Newport. In fact, a- early as [709 we 

1 writing to the home Society a- follows: "You can neither 

. what excellent services for the cause of 

■ in tin- parts;" and add- that if one were 

1 infant settlements would become beautiful nurseries which 

n to languish for want of a father to ovi . m." 

Wc ' en that he and his church officers also petitioned 

hop in 1713, but it was a fruitless request. 




REV. JAMES HONYMAN, NEWPORT, R. [. 
Horn 1675; died 1750. (Pages 66, 149). 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 7 ^ 

Whether the first Episcopal church at Providence (St. John's) 
was really "founded" by Mr. Honyman or by another has been n 
mooted question. Authorities disagree ; some affirming that the spirit- 
ual foundations were laid there by an earlier missionary, the Rev. fames 
McSparran; but there is no question that "the title of the real founder 
of the Episcopal church of Rhode Island at large" belongs to him. 
(See Field's "State of Rhode Island," 1902. p. 159). It was at Provi- 
dence where Mr. Honyman preached "in the open fields to more people 
than he had before seen together in America." 

The journeys of Rev. Mr. Honyman to Providence and elsewhere 
were made on horseback, and probably on one of a famous breed 
of horses, known as the "Narragansett pacers." Rev. McSparran. 
who used them later, says of them, that "some could pace a mile in 
little more than two minutes, and a good deal less than three." Dr. 
McSparran died in 1757. and his long ministry at Narragansett was 
full of honor. 

In 1723 Mr. Honyman had the mournful duty put upon him of 
attending daily to the spiritual wants of a great number of pirates who 
were brought to Rhode Island, tried, condemned and executed. This 
he was obliged l<> do daily for almost three months. It seems that 
these pirates came on a ship of 300 tons, which was captured off the 
coast by the brave act of two young men in Newport, William and 
John Wanton, and, being tried, were sentenced to be hanged. 

BUILDS A NEW EDIFICE FOR TRINITY. 

In 1724 Mr. Honyman wrote to the Society in England that there 
were belonging to bis church in Newport above titty communicants 
who resided at that place and exclusive of strangers; and that "the 
church people have grown now too numerous to be accommodated 
with seats in the old church, and many more have offered to join 
themselves to the church communion." Mr. Honyman at this time 
proposed to the church members the building of a new church, and 
personally subscribed £30 for that purpose. The people quickly 
assented to the proposition, and in a short time, following his own 
liberality, subscriptions to the amount of £1,000 of the currency of 
the country were obtained, though it was estimated that the building 
would cost twice as much. By another year a sufficient sum was 
raised, ami a new church building begun, which was completed in 
1 721 1. 

In that year Mr. Honyman held the first service in the new 
building. The body of the building was seventy-two feet long and 
6 



YMAN FAMILY 

f windows, contained pews, and 
end. A writer says: "It was acknowli 

beautiful timber structure 

In tl the Newport Historical Society for t886 ' ] 

•■|i h; een a mystery, unsolved by investig 

i hurch in Newport. Tin- plan- and in- 

oni England, h is a free copj of St. 

tdillv (London), having the general character of that 

ned thai Peter Harrison, who designed 

Island and King's Chapel in Boston, and 

im ll"ii-t.' (the £500,000 mansion 

ive i" the Duke of Marlborough) was the architect. 

1 li lent of Newport. 

When the church was nearly finished, Mr. Honyman wrote t'> 

the i that the church was ready for the proposed Society's 

present, which was to be of a plain purple communion cloth, pulpit 

(I cushion; and he stated that the people had presented the 

olcl church with all its furniture t" a neighboring place, "where they 

bi of great 11 

ARRIVAL hi DEAN BERKE] 

In 1 ndonderry arrived, having 

land for Bermud; ablish a college there, but 

■ find die island of Bermuda and went north, lie 

ccupied liy savages," but to hi- surprise 

Block Island, of a Church of England mi the 

its pastor, Rev. lame- Honyman. Mr. 

'ii- |uil|iit when the letter was deliv him. Me 

11. and then went with hi- people in the ferry what 

ently "the Dean purchased a farm 

An nt Newport, adjoining one of about 

he Rev. James Honyman. The Dean built 

hi- farm fur hi- residence, which he called White Hall. 

The hoi mding. It i- situated 

ivn of Middletown, about three miles from the 

. . This White Hall estate he gave to 

lit, which -till owns tin The I Van is 

a line preacher and often preached in the Trinity 

He : hi, later works mi hi- farm, lie returned 

I in 1731, and in 1733 -cut as a gifl to Trinitj a "magnificenl 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL yr 

organ." which is still in use. It was so fine an instrument that in 1735 
the church had to send to England to secure a fit organist to play it. 

Dean Berkeley was born in Ireland in 1684 and wrote a famous 
book before he was twenty. He traveled much over Europe, and in 
1724 was made Dean of Derry with an income of £1100 per annum. 
He was the author of the celebrated lines beginning. "Westward the 
course of empire takes its way." lie gave up his fine charge ami 
salary in Ireland to establish a mission in Bermuda, but coming first 
to Newport changed his mind, and purchased a farm as above stated. 
He died in Ireland, after a long subsequent service as Bishop of 
the See of Cloyne, his death occurring in 1753. lie was considered 
a great addition to Newport society, socially as well as ecclesiastically, 
while he was there. I lis preaching was eloquent, his style forceful, 
and his manners polished. He and Rev. James Honyman were close 
friends. lie married in Trinity, in 1721). Elizabeth, Rev. James' 
daughter, to William Mumford, the only case of the Dean officiating 
in such a capacity in that church. 

At this time Newport was more important commercially than 
New York City, a fact which it is hard now to realize. It was pro- 
gressive and thriving, and had an amount of shipping and imports 
such as no city of its size in America then had. 

In 172K we find Mr. Honyman joining with Rev. James McSpar- 
ran, who had been appointed by the home Society as minister at 
Providence, in a memorial complaining of "the frowns and discour- 
agements" to which the Church of England had been subjected by 
the local government. 

II IS SALARY TOO small. 

In September, 1732, he applied to the Society for a small increase 
in his stipend, to enable him to provide for his family. "I let ween 
New York and Boston." he wrote, "a distance of 300 miles, and 
wherein there are many missionaries, there is not a congregation in 
the way of the Church of England that can pretend to compare with 
mine or equal it in any respects, nor does my Church consist of 
members that were of it when I came here, for I have buried them 
all; nor is there one person now living that did then belong to it ; so 
that our present appearing is entirely owing to the blessing of God 
upon my endeavors to serve Him." 

This stipend, was only £70 per annum, but there was no response 
to it in the way of an increase." As the amount was totally insufficient 

» This £70 was paid him by the Society in England as long as he lived. His real estate must have 
yielded him something in addition. 



TH A' FAMILY 

an I his gi wing family, Trinity church itself came to 

ted him a salary of £200 
• ii. h v. tirling, however, and as paper money was 

r was as three to one, the increase 
Stirling. ["his, ii 
1 him until hi- death. 
In i; 'ks Ik- thought "could 

if they were i<> be sen( i" his 
I Keith's "Answer" t" Barclay's " Vpi 

Prayer Book, Bishop Beveridge's 

11." "Whole Duty of Man." ami "Other 

In ij lonths, when he again renewed his 

il allowance. < Mi Sept. -7 he wrote, aci 

initial report, that "it had pleased God to visit 

nper which had for several months disabled 

if this and hi- long illness had 

him that he ne a petitioner to 

ce, which he humbly hoped would 

him who hath been more than thirty years in their 

id made it his constant endeavor to behave 

il\ and not with . hi- church being the 

tain the congregation." 

ind, "out of regard to Mr. 

md faithful services, and hi- pressing circumstances 

for which, by a letter of the 71I1 

Mr. Honyman returned hi- most heart) thank-. 

'i- hack into hi- desk and 

ised ti ft) 

oncludes that 

remainder of his days in the service 

tid will ' ' ' ' . ine assistance to 

-. that tin ine hundn 

■ 
1 w years one hundred 
nd his church warden 

uii grammar 

ithaniel Kay had bequeathed a 

■ annum for that purpose ; also 

\fr. I [on) man. 

the advance. 1 year- of Mr. 1 Ion 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 77 

1 who hath been more than forty years their faithful and diligent 
minister there)" consented. 

In 1740 he baptised eighty-three persons, but I do not find a 
subsequent published report of such baptisms. 

PARALYSIS AND DEATH. 

Late in 1747 or early in 174S, Air. Honyman was stricken with 
paralysis, and his health began to fail rapidly. Then the Rev. Jeremiah 
Learning was sent over and became assistant, as well as schoolmaster 
and catecbist, and he served in those capacities for eight years. Except 
for bodily infirmities, it is said Air. Learning's talent- were such that 
he would have become "the first American Bishop." He died in 1804 
in Xew Haven, greatly respected. 

On Apr. 23, 1750, Rev. James Honyman was able to attend a 
vestry meeting, but it was for the last time. He died on July 2, 1750, 
and was buried at the expense of the church on the south side of the 
passage leading from the gate to the choir (near the church door), 
where his tombstone may be found. The inscription on this tombstone 
reads : 

" Here lies the Dust of 
JAMES HONEYMAN 
of venerable and ever worthy memory, 
For a faithful ministry of near fifty years in the Episcopal church of this town, which by Divine influence 
on his labors has flourished and exceedingly increased. He was of a respectable family in Scotland — an 
excellent scholar, a sound divine, and an accomplished gentleman. A strong asserter of the doctrine and 
discipline of the Church of England, and yet with an arm of charity embraced all sincere followers of 
Christ. Happy in his relative station in life, the duties of which he sustained and discharged in a laud- 
able and exemplary manner. Blessed with an excellent and vigorous constitution, which he made subser- 
vient to the various duties of a numerous parish, until a paralytic disorder interrupted him in the pulpit, 
and in two years, without impairing his understanding, cut short the thread of life on July 2d. 1750." 

At the close of his rectorship of forty-six years, there was a list 
"f C579 persons who had been baptized in his parish, almost all the 
fruit of his ministry. Says Edward Field ("State of Rhode Island," 
1902, Vol. II.. p. 159): "He was a most prudent and conciliatory 
man, ami his tombstone, near the principal door of Trinity Church, 
describes him as 'with the arm of charity, embracing all sincere fol- 
lowers of Christ.' The church grew rapidly under his care, and many 
quiet and sedate Quakers and devout Baptists learned to love it as it 
was set forth by the rector with no lack of conviction, although in the 
spirit of love. After a few years, when a number of parishes of the 
Church of England had sprung into existence in Xew England, Mr 
Honyman met his reward by being able honestly to report to the 
Society in England: 'betwixt Xew York and Boston there is not a 






THE HONEYMAN I \ 



n the way of the Church of England that can pretend to 
with mine or equal ii in any respi 
Another writ* "His Christian deportment gained him many 

ured him a full audience wherever he preached " "He 
ed his duties." remarked another, "with great faithfulness and 
:'. >r nearly fifty yi 
The lion . in England thus commented upon his death: 

"The church at Newport in Rhode Man. I hath sustained a very greal 
by the death of their late worthy pastor, Mr. Jam.- Honyman 
who departed this life then- on the 2nd of July last, after a life well 

11 promoting true religion and virtue, to a verj advanced 

he having been upwards of 50 years in iln.- service of the Society and 

greal service to the cause of religion, of which 

ithered at New-port by hi- pious labors arc a very good, 

and ■ ie hoped, by their perseverence in the path- of rights 

1 truth, will prove a lasting monument." 

In \ "Annals of Trinity Church," this commenl is made: 

li of Rev. Mr. Honyman was a severe blow to the church. 

pie had been so long guided by him, had so long placed their 

tru-t in him. that they knew not hew n without his guiding 

hand. . lie was never aggressive to a degree thai aroused 

opposition: in a simple, quiet way he taught those who could be 

iher to love, respect and venerate the Church. He had 

a \\a\ of putting things in a li.yht that commanded attention, and his 

'■nne. "Faults "it all Side-.' i- -aid to hav( seen three editions." 

I hi an) adverse comments upon the career 

if ilii- worthy minister. All accounts agree in declaring 

conciliatory, faithful, scholarly, gentlemanly, and a 

• and of religion. Me seems t<> have been "every inch 

an." 

\l 11IS M \l'l ERS. 

hurch -till contains the pulpit front which lame- Hony- 

and the same quaint organ which after about 

of service has some pipes of ureal 

. much of the interior of the organ has been 

ounding-board i- -till over the pulpit, 

high hacked pews are within the edifice. Even 

1728" are in place, and the 

- which v. ■ in Newport in 1733, and presented 

ts enlarged in i7'>_\ hut the addition 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 



79 



did not detract from its general appearance, and nothing of importance 
was removed or changed. Few churches in America have maintained 
their original appearance within and without as Trinity, and may it 
be many more years before any serious change shall take place in it. 

The very early records of Newport are lost or were carried away 
by the British in the Revolutionary War, but it seems certain that Mr. 
Honvman, not long after his arrival at Newport, purchased a tract of 
land extending "from Thames St. to Spring St., bounded on the south 
by Frank St. and on the north by the Brenton estate; that a part of 
this land was set off for the church.'' (whether by purchase or gift 
does not appear), ''and that the remainder was disposed of from time 
to time by himself and heirs." ( Mason's "Annals of Trinity Church." 
p. 37). The house he actually occupied seems to have been on the 
south corner of Thames Street and Honyman Lane (now Church 
Street ), where his widow resided after him. The site is new occupied 
by Seabury's shoestore. In Summer he usually resided upon his farm. 
nut of the city. Honyman Lane was doubtless opened by him about 
1713, and did not take the name of Church Street until after the Rev- 
olution. 

The farm of Rev. James Honyman consisted of about 200 acres 
one mile from the centre of Newport on the wav to Middletown. It 
contained a high point, which is in fact the highest point on the Island 
of Newport, and which still retains the name of "Honyman Hill." It 
adjoined the estate of Bishop Berkeley. In 1778. during the Revolu- 
tion. General Sullivan threw up some earthworks on this hill. Mr. 
Honyman lived there in the Summer only. The name was continued 
after his death out of regard for his memory, ami probably will always 
go by that designation. His son. Attorney-General Honeyman, also 
lived there in the Summer seasons, after his father's death. It is now 
cut up into at least four estates, and there is a dwelling on the hill-top; 
but '.he old farm residence of the Honvmans is a thing of the long past. 

The portrait of Rev. James Honyman, reproduced on another 
page, is, unfortunately, quite indistinct, owing to the fact that the 
background of the original is red and the painting itself has suffered 
by age. The original was painted by a Mr. ( laines, and belonged to 
the family. It was engraved in 1774 in mezzotint, but the copies are 
now scarce. In 1816 it was presented by Miss Catherine Tweedy, a 
granddaughter of Rev. James, to the Trinity church corporation by 
which it is greatly prized. I am indebted to the Rev. E. G. Bowers, 
of Trinity, for the photograph, made expressly for use in this volume, 
in [908, and value it most highly, not only because Rev. Mr. Honvman 



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ftuential and noble in his character and work in Rhode Island, 
as the tir-i of the Honeyman family ni Scotland 

MK. HONYMAN AS AN VI rHOR. 

threi wrk- in print representing the authorship of 
[onyman. Their titles arc as follows: 
"\ Sermon Preached at the King's Chapel in Boston, X.K.. 
ipal Ministers in the year 1726." Boston: 

tilts "ii All Sides. The Case of Religion Consider 'd 

tance of True Godliness. Presented to the Inhabi- 

ially of Rhode Island)." Newport. Printed for the 

Franklin. 1728. i2mo. 

on All Side-. Sundrey Errors, Maxims and Corrup- 

Men and this Present ^ge." Newport. Printed by 

Franklii ;rass, 1728. t2mo. 

The printer of the two latter l><">k-. James Franklin, was a 

njamin Franklin. 
I have not been able these various publications, but it is 

two latter that they are ingenious and calm discussions of 
then vexing the religious bodies in Rhode Island. 
The following i- a reproduction of Mr. Honyman's autograph: 




Oh^ 



REM \RKS ABOUT HIS FAMILY. 

About a year after the arrival of Mr. Honyman in Newport he 

ibeth, daughter of Robert Carr and Elizabeth Lawton. 

11 a merchant of Newport, and. b) his will of 

Mar. 22. 1722 randson Honeyman all land and houses 

•iher hilnd sword and seal ring ai age." The 

ntly lame- Honeyman, Jr., son of Rev. lame-. 

Rev. lame-. Elizabeth Carr, was born in [689 
1737. The marriage dale being about 1705. she 
of age at the time of her marriage. 
1 '*■' churchyard, adjoining that of her husb 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL Si 

"In memory of Mistress ELIZABETH, wile of the Reverend JAMES HONEYMAN. She de- 
parted this life February 2Sth, 1737, aged 48 years." 

At some subsequent date Mr. Honyman again married, for his 
second wife, Elizabeth Brown, widow of Captain John Brown of 
Newport. She was the daughter of Governor John Cranston and 
Mary Clarke, and was born in 1681. Captain John Brown was born 
in 1671 and died in Newport Oct. 20, 1731. lie held the title of 
Captain in 1709 and was frequently deputy in the Colonies between 
1706 and 1726. This second wife of Mr. Honyman died Jan. 3, 1756. 

Mr. Honyman is said to have had three children by his first wife 
and none by his second wife, but this statement refers only In the 
children who grew up and married. He had, in fact, seven children 
by his first wife and none by his second. Those who lived to grow 
up were : 

1. James, who became a distinguished lawyer, was long a mem- 
ber of the advisory body of the government and an Attorney-General. 
An account of his eventful life appears in the next Chapter. (He 
changed his name to "Honeyman." ) 

2. Elizabeth, who married William Mumford of South King-ton, 
R. I., and died in 1730 at the early age of twenty-four. Mr. Mumford 
must have been an officer, as he is stated to have been in charge of 
Fort George in 175(1 ani ' again in 175c). Mr. Mumford again married. 
This family have, to-day, living descendants in Rhode Island. 

3. Francis, who died in 1764, at the age of forty-two years, and 
whose widow (name unknown) survived until 1700. 

Other facts and dates concerning the children of Rev. James 
Honyman appear in Part II. in their proper place. 

NOTE. — Authorities consulted in the preparation of the foregoing Ske'.ch are: "Collections of the 
Rhode Island Historical Society;" Austin's "Genealogical History of Rhode Island;" "The Chad- 
Browne Memorial ;" Field's " State of Rhode Island ;" Arnold's " History of the State of Rhode Island ;" 
Peterson's "History of Rhode Island;" "Rhode Island Historical Magazine;" "Newport Historical 
Magazine;" Mason's "Annals of Trinity Church;" Updyke's "History of the Episcopal Church in 
Narraganselt," etc. 



\1TF.K V. 
HON. JAMES HONEYMAN, ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF R. 1. 
The eldesl son of the Rev. James Honyman, the subject of the 
ding sketch, was James Honeyman, Jr. In the records of Rhode 
Island he is more frequently spoken of with the "e" in his name 
(Honeyman"), ami he spelled the name in hi- autograph in the same 
manner, thus changing the name for the first time in hi- branch of 
the Scotch family. He was born at Newport, k. I., in 1710. 

On May 4. 1731. we find his name a- "James Honeyman, Jr." 
among those "admitted freemen of this Colony." ("Rhode tsland 
,rds," Vol. IX., p. 447). This was when he was twenty- 
one year At the same time we find him active in a literary 

•v in Newport, out of which subsequently grew the Redi 
Library. This literary chili, in fact, became a famous one, known all 
over the country. Dean Berkeley and lame- Honeyman were among 
it- founders. It discussed philosophical and literary questions, and 
aided much in the culture of Newport, which wa- then the real '•Athens 
America." 

It i- not known with whom lie studied law. nor when he was 

admitted to practice But on this point the "Memorials of the Rhode 

Island Bar" (by L T pdike, [842I says: "Hi- elevated standing in the 

proi. nd hi- early promotion to the highest official stations in 

lies warrant the conclusion that hi- legal education wa- regular 

gh." 

lie must have been admitted to practice law not later than [731, 

twenty-one ilise the very next year, in 

1732, we t'md him el leneral Attorney for the Colony of 

land by the General Assembly, and he wa- successivel) re- 

for eight years, including the year 1740. 'This 

dvisor to the 1 legislative body was given to him 

his marked ability and reliability as an advisor. It has 

'. happened that onlj twenty two years of 

position, even in the crude -late ol 

U-- then existing in America, lie was not re-elected in 

• during the previous year the General \--enihh enacted 

\ttorne ould he thereafter appointed for each 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 83 

county, thus dispensing with the office for the Colonies. But he was 
then ( 1 74 1 ) immediately made attorney for the county of Newport 
and served as such for two years. 

In 1743, when the Attorney-General's office was re-instated, Mr. 
Honeyman's friend. Daniel Updike, already a distinguished member 
of the bar and a man also of great ability, who had served with Mr 
Honevman in important legal matters respecting the Colony, desired 
and obtained the office which was then made elective. 

Ills DISTINGUISHED STATE SERVICES. 

During many years following Air. Honeyman was associated with 
Mr. Updike, a Mr. Ward and other leading lights of the Colony in 
the discussion and settlement of far-reaching questions, some of them 
of a constitutional nature, and others involving the boundary lines. 
One question of vexing and protracted importance related to the 
boundary between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The controvers) 
began at least as early as [729, and ten years later it was still on. 
Then (July 10, 1730) James Honeyman. with George Brown and the 
Governor, were appointed by an act of the General Assembly to settle 
this line if possible. As the committees of the two neighboring colonies 
could not agree a reference was made to the King of England, who, 
in 1740, appointed commissioners to visit the Colonies and determine 
the matter. These commissioners met at Providence in June. 1741. 
and the determination was to prove of tremendous consequence to 
Rhode Island. "Her existence as a Colony depended upon the decisii >n. 
If Massachusetts could establish her claim to the Narragansett Bay 
on the southwest, the exclusive political jurisdiction of Rhode Island 
over the Narragansett waters would he lost forever; hut if Rhodi 
Island could establish her jurisdiction over the territory described in 
her Charter, she would hold within her control the great naval and 
commercial key of New England. The laud was not a feather in the 
balance. Both parties were confident; and both were arrayed with 
their best talents, for the conflict. Plymouth had become incorporated 
with Massachusetts, under the corporate name of Massachusetts Pay. 
liv which die expected to succeed to every right and immunity attached 
to Plymouth, before the act of incorporation. Each party thought 
they understood their case: they were read)' for the trial; neither 
asked for postponement or delay. Mr. Shirley, or Bollan, and Auch- 
muty, distinguished advocates in Boston, argued the cause in behalf 
of Massachusetts, and Messrs. Honyman and Updike in behalf of 
Rhode Island." ("Op Dyck Genealogy," p. 102). 






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\\l,il c ii ent of the commissioners did not establish the 

Island i" the extent demanded, it did award to it 

what ted into the township of Cumberland: also 

entire, part of Swansea, a great part of Barrington, and the 

nstituting the present town of Tiverton and Little 

Massachusetts appealed to his Majesty the King, being 

: with the judgment. At the « Ictober session of the Rhode 

Island Assembly Messrs. Honeyman, Updike and Ward wore in- 

■\ of tin- whole cause to be sent to England. 

In 17411 the 1 ifirmed the judgment. As Mr. Honeyman was 

chairman of the committee of the lawyers who prosecuted the 

•11 behalf of Rhode Island, it is possible that nothing he did so 

enhanced hi- reputation as the outcome "i" thi> controversy. 

In i74<) the- Supreme court of Rhode Island decided that the 

not in force in this country except as they 

introduo atute. This decision was appall ause most 

of the legal proceedings of the 1 'olonies had been based upon the statutes 

Mr. Honeyman was then placed upon a committee, upon 

which Mr. L'pdike was chairman, to prepare a bill for introducing to 

the Assembly "such of the laws of England as arc agreeable to the 

titution." The committee reported and the report was adopted. 

In Oct., 174". Mr. Honeyman was appointed by the General 

airman of a comn three "to draw up an answer 

from home relating to our paper currency." 

sYl YS LAND IN NEW J ERS1 

11 no of dates, I may here n ite that, 1 m 
Julj -'.?. 1753, James Honeyman and his wife, Elizabeth, conveyed 
11 Rodman, of Burlington County. N'ew Jersey (recorded 
1756, in Book X. p. 309 in Secretary of State'- office, 1 

of fifteen hundred acre- of land in what was then 

Hunt From this deed it would appear that, on Mar 

13, 1715. there w; eel for John Scott, of Newport, a tract out 

1 pui hase" madi b) thi G mncil of Proprietors of 

the branches of the Rarrington (Raritani I, be- 

rivei Delaware and the bounds of East New Jersey, 

upon the river Delaware at a branch there •!. called Tohock 

recital in the <\v>.-<\. it appears that this John 

will of 171s. devised to hi- daughter, Mary Goulding, 

hird pari ..f this land. and. a- Mr. and Mrs. Goulding died intes- 

ulding, their son, and 1 1 Moulding, 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 85 

by his will of 1748, "gave to his two sisters, Elizabeth Honeyman and 
Mary Wickham, and their heirs, the residue of his real estate." The 
consideration was £250. James' wife, therefore, but not he himself, had 
become a landowner in New Jersey. Probably neither of them saw this 
land nor the state of Xew Jersey. 

CONTINUES IN IMPORTANT POSITIONS. 

In 1755 he was appointed a committee with Governor Hopkins 
and George Brown "to wait on his Excellency, the Earl of Loudoun, 
at the Congress in Boston." They made a length)- report on Feb. 3, 
1757. which chiefly related to the subject of raising troops by the 
Colonies for the purposes of defense. 

In 175(1 he was named as the first among the "Assistants" to the 
Governor (Stephen Hopkins) in the General Assembly: the Assistants 
being equivalent to slate senators. This office was continued until 
May, 17(14, a period of eight years. 

About the same time he was appointed chairman of a committee 
"to take into consideration a letter from the board of trade to this 
colony respecting the commerce and traffic carried 1 m to neutral courts." 

In 1704 he appears as an incorporator of Brown University, at 
Providence, an institution now of about 900 students, and with 
140,000 volumes in its library. 

The same year, on his resignation as a member of the Senate, he 
was appointed by the King of England the Crown Advocate-General 
of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, which position he held for twelve 
years, or until the Revolution. 

RESIGNS II1S CROWN OFFICE. 

Then, in June, 1770, at the breaking out of the War. there was 
the unusual occurrence of the voluntary resignation of Mr. Honeyman 
as Advocate-General of the Court of Vice-Admiralty for the Colony, 
which office he held by royal commission. His oath of office did not 
permit him to hold the position; in good conscience he felt he must 
give it up. lie could have continued to hold it for a little time longer, 
perhaps, but lie chose to do otherwise, and this is recorded in the 
minutes of the Assembly under date of June 1. 1776: "James Honey- 
man, esq.. Advocate-General of the Court of Vice-Admiralty in this 
Colon)', under the Crown of ( ireat Britain, having appeared before and 
informed this Assembly that if his holding the said office be disagree- 
able to the Colony, he will deliver up his commission, — It is voted and 
resolved that his holding the same is disagreeable to the Colony, and 



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porl call upon the said James 
aid commission; and that he deliver it to his 
ary's office. 
Mr. Updike (in "Memorials of the 
"In a i and feeling address he depl 

lhat were tearing the two countries asunder, 
deliver up his commission, if the Assembly 
it. The deportment of Mr. Honeyman in this instance, 
■iii.l a- In- did by hi- oath of allegiance i" the Crown 
•i,l. and conscientiously refusing t" offend the feelings of 
ther, reflects lustre on the character of the 
and the devoted lover "t hi- country. 

■ii this time forward until hi- death, on Feb. 15. 1778, in his 
. we find little mi I him in the records. He 

at Newport, hut took no part in the Revolutionary -tin 

Tom subsequent event- that, inasmuch a- his 
childi ned with the enemy when the British evacuated Newport 

placed in jeopardy a- against his heir- by 
on. It i- -tated that most of hi- grand-daughters "married 
Briti r Americans adhering to the cause of the innvn." 

that in November, 1782, the General Assembl) 

mid "file an information in the clerk's 

the Superior court in the court of Newport against those parts 

nine- Honeyman deceased, which were devised 

Bisset, in Elizabeth Wanton, wife 

of Willi; ind to the children of the lat< Wanton, 

jr." filed and the 1 onfiscated, but 

1 Assembly. 
unknown he must also have sustained losses in 
own adjoining Newport (presumably on the farm 
i his father, by the British force-, as there were dan 

here b reason of those losses of £540. the 
78 1 . 
Mr. Honeyman lived on the eastern side of Thame- St., Newport, 
in the \\ id on the farm on "Honyman Mill" inherited from 

antes Honyman, in the Summer. 
In I Rhode 1 -land." 1 quoting from Updike ) 

kei Mr. Honeyman was elaborate, hut hi- in 

commanded an extensive and profitable 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL Xj 

practice at Newport and on the circuits. In deportment he was digni- 
fied; always dressed in the best fashions of the time; scrupulously 
formal in manners; domestic, yet social in his habits. In person he 
was tall, broad-shouldered and muscular, but not fleshy." Updike 
adds: "fie was severely afflicted and somewhat disfigured by a large 
wen pendant from his jawbone, too large for extirpation." 

He was long an active member of the vestry of Trinity church 
and, after 1762, if not before, owned and occupied Pew 7 in the 
church. The pew is still there in the same position and with the same 
number. 

The stone erected to the memory of Mr. Honeyman in Trinity 
churchyard reads as follows: 

" sacred to the memory 

of 

JAMES HONEYMAN, Esquire, 

Eminent in his profession as an Attorney-at-law 

And many years employed in the most 

Important offices 

of 

GOVERNMENT 

He died February 15th, 1778, 

Aged 67 years." 

SOME [NTERESTING SUBSEQUENT EVENTS. 

At the sitting of the General Assembly, in Dec. 1 7.S 1 . we learn of 
a curious experience of one Quako, who had been a slave to Mr. 
Honeyman, the proceedings testifying to these facts: 

"Whereas Quako, a negro man. formerly a slave belonging to 
James Honeyman, esquire, of Newport, hath represented unto the 
Assembly that during the time that Newport was a British garrison 
the said James Honeyman had agreed to sell and dispose of him to 
Col. Campbell, a British officer: that the service in a British regiment 
being extremely distasteful to him, he lied from the Island of Rhode 
Island at the peril of his life, and placed himself under the protection 
of the authorities of this state; that from his representations of the 
state of the Island of Rhode Island, and all matters of fact which came 
to his knowledge, the Council of War permitted him to go at large 
and have his liberty; and that since the evacuation of Rhode Island he 
is disagreeably alarmed with a claim upon him as a slave by Mr. 
William Tweed)', who is administrator of the estate of the said James 
Honeyman ; and thereupon he besought this assembly to give him a full 
and entire manumission from the bonds of slavery ; wherefore — 

"It is voted and resolved that the said Quako remain in the same 
station he is at present, until the next session of this Assembly, without 



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be taken and held as a slave; and lhat in the meantime 
aid William Tweedy be cited to appear at the next se ion of this 

show cause, if any he hath, why the said Quako should 
entirely manumitted and absolved from his tithes of slavery 

and b 

In Ian.. 1782. the Assembly passed a resolution declaring that, 
ko had rendered " : ' this 

and the public in general," he should remain a freeman. 
We learn from another source that Quako, who had been a w: 
eneral Prescott, hi d the American officer, Colonel Barton, 

in an expedition to capture Prescott, which succeeded. Prescott was 
hanged for < ieneral Lee. Evidently Quako was a loyalist 
r than a royalist, and must have played the part of a spy. ft is 
further said of him thai he lived for many years in Pomfret, Conn., 
and that he afterward removed to Munson, Mass., where he died, h 
ed that assistance in the capture of General 

"the British were so incensed against him, that, if the) could 
ight him. he would have been hung, drawn and quartered." 
In Feb., 1783, a petition was presented to the (".eneral Assembly 
"by Mrs. Abraham Redwood, Jr.. of Newport, and Mrs. Katherine 
Tweedy, widow, of >ai>l Newport, representing that Susanna I 
wife aid Abraham Redwood, and the said Katherine Tweedy. 

,nd devisees of James Honeyman, esq., late of said New 
'. and by the last will and testament of James Honeyman 
entitled to the equal half-part of the personal and real estate by 
him left: and pray reimbursed taxes improperly paid." 

JAMES HONEYMAN'S WILL. 

following is the full text of Mr. Honeyman's will, and is 
lim et literatim : 

d. Amen: This Sixteenth day of Januy. in 
Our Lord, One thousand, Seven Hundred & Seventy 

1 - Honeyman of Xewpt in Ye County of Newpl & Colony 

at present of perfect, Mind & 
11 to 1 loci rie; Knowing that it is 

di 1 therefore make this my last 
. in Man m follg : 

that all my ju be paid in a 

. that my Son « ".■ ilding Honeyman, 

1. by m\ ■ & Executrixes, hereafter 



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Mentioned, out of all my estate. Real & Personal, With Provisions, 
Cloathing, & other Necessaries, in a good, decent & Convenient Man- 
ner, as As they Shall Adjudge Necessary; 

"Item ; I Give unto my three Grandchildren Mary .Morrison, Eliz- 
abeth Wanton & Ruth Wanton, my House & Land, in possession of 
the Widow Coddington, Bounded Westerly on Thames Street, North- 
erly on Ye Church Lane, Easterly on Land of Mary Cowley & South- 
erly on the Heirs of Saml Rhodes (Deceased ) with all my other Lands, 
on the South side of the Lane Leadg to Ye Church, to them, their 
Lleirs & Assigns forever. 

"Item. I Give unto my son John Honeyman, & to the Heir- -1' 
his Body, Lawfully Begotten, all my Lands situate in Newpt afforsd — 
Bounded Northerly on Ye Town Dock, Westerly on Ye Sea. or Harbor 
of Xewpt — & Southerly on Lands Belonging to the Heirs of Thos 
Wickham (Dec), Easterly on Thames Street. With all Ye Stores, 
Shops & Buildgs. — thereon Standg. together with the Mansion House 
on the Eastern side of Thames Street. Bounded Southerly on Lands 
of Jno Malbone, with all Ye Gardens & appurtenances, thereunto 
belongg sd Lot being Bounded Northerly on Kings Street. Easterly 
on Lands in possession of Greg Cozzens ; I also give & devise unto my 
sd Son John Honeyman, my Lott of Land, Bonn. 1,1 Northerly on Lands 
in possession of Isaac Elizur, Easterly on Thames Street, Southerly 
on Lands in possession of Miss Pease, Westerly "ii the 1 [arbour to him 
& the Heirs of His Body Lawfull Begotten & for failure of which 
Issue. I Give & devise the whole hereby devised premises unto all my 
Daughters, their Heirs & Assigns forever — 

"Item, my Mind & Will is that if my personal estate, should not 
he sufficient for the payment of my Debts, then I ( Irder, empower, & 
direct, my Executor & Executrixes To Sell & dispose of the House & 
Land, in which I now live, for the purpose afforsd, in s, >me Convenient 
Time after Peace, Happiness & Government, may be restored to the 
land — 

"Item. I Give & Bequeath unto Sarah Hammitt, Thirtv Dollars, 
as a Gratuity, for her care & conduct of my Family since she has 
lived in it — 

"Item. I Give & devise, unto my Four Daughters, Elizabeth 
Wanton. Susannah Redwood, Catharine Tweedy, & Penelope Bisset, 
all the rest, residue & remainder of my estate, both real & personal, 
tn them, their Heirs & Assigns forever. 

"Lastly I nominate & appoint my Son John Honeyman, & my 
Four Daughters, before Mentioned, to be my Executor & Executrixes, 
7 



JAMES HONEYMAN i S< 



THE HOXEYMAN FAMILY 

my Last Will & Testament, Ratifying this & no other to be 
my Last Will & Testament, In Witness Whereof 1 have hereunto Set 
my Hand iV Seal, the Day & Year aforewritten. 
ed, Sealed, & Published be 
the said James Honeyman as 
His Last Will & Testament, 
the day & year aforewritten 
in pi if US 

"Saile S Carr 
"I )aniel Vaughan 
"Phebe Parking" 
It i- apparent from the terms of this will that the testator was, 
at the time of his death, a large owner of real estate in Newport. 

about the will is the brevity with which his 

intentions arc stated; no surplusage of words. The abbreviations 

his accustomed ones in writing letters. The will states with care 

the lands he owns, and shows quite clearly who of his family were 

alive at the time. Probably he mack- it during his last sickness, as he 

within a month of its publication. 

The will was not probated until Dec. 31, 1779, no doubt owing to 
the disturbances of the War. 

MR. HON'EYM \\'s FAMILY. 

' neral Honeyman married, in 1731, Elizabeth Gould- 
ing, daughter of G 1 merchant and financier of 

port and a deputy of the Colony, and li\ her had eleven children, 
.mil -i\ daughters. She died in 177''. in. .re than a year bi 
hi- death. A- neither of his sons left children, and a- he was the only 
man f hi- father who had children, the name in hi- line ci 

with hi- existence. There are representatives of hi- daughters now 
living, however. The children t<> grow up were the following 

1. Mary, who died in 1771. aged thirty-seven years. She married 

liah Brown, a descendant of John Eliot, the "Indian Apostle." 

\bigail, who died in 1771. at the early age of thirt) six. 

She was the wife of Hon. (usually called "Colonel") Joseph Wanton, 

ivernor of Rln ide Island. 

Wanton family was a very distinguished one in the Colonial 

Rhode Island, having given four Governors to that colony. 

William Wanton was Governor from 17.;-' .^i: John Wanton from 

.-..n Wanton from 171.- '17: and Joseph Wanton from 

\-'-> \ern..r Joseph Wanton was horn Aug. 15. 1705. and 



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was the son of Governor William Wanton, whose wife was Ruth 
Bryant. Joseph's wife was Mary Winthrop. Joseph, being in office 
as Governor when the War of Independence broke out, and adhering 
to the cause of the King, was obliged to relinquish his office. ( the inter- 
esting details of which will'be found in R. I. Historical Tracts, No. 3, 
on "The Wanton Family.") 

Hon. Joseph Wanton, Jr., who married Abigail Honeyman, was 
the son of Governor Joseph Wanton, and also served as Deputy- 
Governor. 1 jt 14-V17. His death occurred in New York City Aug. 8, 
1780. when he was spoken of as the "Superintendent-general of the 
Police of Rhode Island ;" but it is to be assumed that he held this title 
prior to the War, and that he was in New York City under the pro- 
tection of the English army. ( Sec notice of his death in "Rivington's 
Royal Gazette," of X. V. City, Aug. 9, 1780.) 

After the death of Abigail. Joseph Wanton married Sarah Bren- 
ton, who died in 1787, aged 35 years, but not until she was married 
again, to a William Atherton. In those days second and third and 
even fourth marriages were more the rule than now, if we are to 
judge from the records. 

3. Elizabeth, who married William Wanton, a representative of 
the same notable family which gave so many Governors to Rhode 
Island. 

4. Penelope, who died in 1816, aged seventy-seven years, and 
who married Rev. George Bisset. Mr. Bisset came from England in 
1767 as an assistant to the minister of Trinity church and schoolmaster. 
On Oct. 28, t 77 1 he was elected full minister at a salary of £100 
sterling. He married Penelope Honeyman in 1773. On Oct. 2-;, 1770. 
the British evacuated Newport and Mr. Bisset, like others of the sons- 
in-law of James Honeyman. being of the Royalist partv, went with 
them, leaving behind his wife and children "in destitute circumstances." 
They subsequently joined him in New York City. At the close of the 
War, Mr. Bisset and wife went to London, residing there until 1780. 
when he took charge of St. John's church, St. John's, New Brunswick. 
His wife died at Fredericktown, N. P.. Aug. 2, 1816. In the "Literary- 
Diary of Ezra Stiles," who was a resident of Newport during the 
Revolution, and President of Yale College from 1778 to 179s, Mr. 
Bisset is frequently mentioned, and his "high Tory sermons." He 
states that, on Dec. 25, 1775, Mr. Bisset was required to take a test 
oath, which Colonel Joseph Wanton, who had married a daughter of 
Rev. James Honyman, refused to do. He also states that the test oath 
was not asked for of his father-in-law, Hon. James Honeyman, the 



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sed" from it. It is said of Mr. Bisset that "the style 

: was remarkably elegant, and his reasoning seldom 

n the minds of his hearers. \- a scholar he 

edantry, and a tleman he possessed the social 

■i an eminent ml never lo*st sight of his sacred I 

obit, in the "Newport Herald," Apr. 24, 1788). He 
ilished i\'. - while in Newport. 

. who di d seventy-five years, and who 

first, William Tweedy, and second, Colonel Henry Sher- 
h men of high standing and influence. 
.Mr. Tweedy and his brother, John, were the largest importers of 

the Revolution, and had a branch 

■ ary officer commissioned July 1. 

ck, and was a Major in Col. Church's 'Mass. 

II his property during the War. In [792 he was 

Island, holding the office until [808. 

He also held other il him <>n an important mission 

w Indian- at a later date. He died May 31, [824, aged 

at he must have been born about l 747. 

By Mr. Twe< lierine had eight children, all of whom, save 

' in infancy. < >ne daughter, Freelove Sophia Tweedy, married 

nd, 1 olonel Francis Malbone. The latter 

v|>..rt. and "one of the most popular nun of his 

- Senator. "He left Newport Feb 

nd. while ascending th< 

Mowing June, I Divine service, fell and imme- 

:. The attend his funeral, and to erect 

a ii Washington to his memory." 

. who died in 177X. in his forty-sixth year. 

was something of a wanderer. By his father's 

will :ecutors, but he died the same 

lid. 

mnah, who died in [804, aged fifty-eight year-, and who 

1 on of the noted founder of Redwood 

I. ilii 5r. The latter was a man of large for- 

-" : Susannah died in England. 
|ohn, wl 1782, when but twenty-nine years of age 

his father under his father's will. 

1 1 children died in infancy. 



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93 



Other particular* of the children and grandchildren of Hon. 
James Honeyman. with numerous dates, will be found in Part II., in 
their appropriate place. 

NOTE.— The authorities for the foregoing are: -Rhode Island Colonial Records ■ " Peterson's 
"History of Rhode Island;" " Op Dyck Genealogy " Updike's " Memorials of Rhode Island Bar," and 
searches at Newport. 



CHAPTER VI. 
JOHN HONEYMAN. "THE SPY OF WASHINGTON." 

family bearing the "Honeyman" name in America 

nch of which John Honeyman, known in history as 

of Washington," was progenitor. It include- all the Honey- 

ident in New Jersey and nearly all who have ever resided 

in ti_ - me of his descendants, however, arc in the state of 

Y,,rk. at mattered throughout the V 

Honeyman was born about 1729, but the exact date, as well 
is unknown. As will later he is Mated to have been 

Armagh. Ireland. Investigations made at Armagh, howi 

the presence there of any family of thai name at this 
From his having named his firsl son John and his 
• bly i ertain that one of these name- was 
that of his lather. 

OF HIS LIFE. 

In brief, th< mcerning John Honeyman, a- told more at 

!i by hi- n, the late Judge Van Dyke, may be thus recapit- 

Hc from Armagh, Ireland, in 1758 as a soldier under 

1 >u bis voyage across the Atlantic, his gallantry to 
the General . arded by hi- being made one of Wolfe's body- 

ent in 1759 at the famous battle on the I 'lain- of 
ham when Wolfe fell, being one of those who carried tin- bleed 
•■eld. and was afterward honorably dischai 
He then wi 'hiladelphia, where he married 

an Irish girl from Coleraine, Ireland, who was eight 
nd whom he may or may not have previously known, 
her about the year 1764. So far as we know- 
in Philadelphia, and, as his trade was that of a 
ued that occupation. Here he i- stated to 



in 1874, and later had the 
ed In Ihe forma rds wrrf intact, but in the 

* h in the Presbyterian faith, the 

c Ireland 1 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 0.5 

have become acquainted with Washington, an acquaintance which after- 
ward enabled him to be of signal service to the cause of independence. 

Some time near the beginning of the Revolutionary War he 
moved to Griggstown. Whether he went there for the express purpose 
of assisting Washington in securing and furnishing information con- 
cerning the British army which had invaded New Jersey, cannot be 
told, but such is the conjecture. Being a man of great courage, he 
certainly carried out with Scotch tenacity the difficult role, that of a 
Spy, and his knowledge of camp life and of military movements must 
have stood him in good stead. The story of that role is fully related 
below. 

After the war, probably in 1793, perhaps earlier, he removed to, 
and then purchased and occupied a large farm in the upper part of 
Somerset county, in Bedminster township, near Vliettown, on the road 
toward Peapack. It has been somewhere stated that the time of his 
removal from Griggstown was in 1777, but this I believe to be an 
error. He attended Lamington church, but his name does not appear 
upon the records of that church as a pew-holder ami contributor 
until 1793. 

The farm he purchased consisted of three different tracts, con- 
tiguous, the whole making an estate of about 400 acres. His first 
purchase was, Jan. 4, 1793. of John Bryant and Robert Blair of Bed- 
minster, previously owned by David Henry. B contained 202 acres 
and the cost was £742.0.4. The next was. Mar. 20, I7<;7, Lot Xo. 19 
of the "Peapack Patent," from James Parker, of Perth Amboy. Bs 
acreage was not stated, but the purchase price was £500. On the 
same date he bought of John Smyth, of Middlebush, [66 acres; con- 
sideration, £500. He must have owned in all, therefore, over 400 acres 
The deeds were not recorded until Mar. 2~, 181 1. (Somerset Co. 
Deeds, Book F., pp. ^22, etc.) These lands were bounded by the 
Lamington river and lands of Simon Hegeman and Hugh Barklav 

On this estate he resided for nearly thirty years. A portion of 
the farm passed from his hands before his death, but the main portion 
was held at his death, and is at present owned, by Mr. C. McMurtry, 
a Mr. Rhinehart and a Mr. Crater. Mr. McMurtry lives in the house 
which, stands on the site of the old mansion, and it may well be that the 
kitchen portion formed part of the original house, although this is 
uncertain. Here John Honeyman was both farmer and weaver; ap- 
parently he could not give up his old occupation. 

Bi 1 801 his wife, Mary Henry, died, anil probably within a year 
or two later he married Mrs. Elizabeth Burrows, widow of a Mr. 



Til V.MAX FAMILY 

Burr i \t the time of this second 

marriage he was enty years of age, and hi> wife was some 

his junior. The maiden name of Mrs. Burrows was 

i facts known of lier arc thai at the time of her 

mar: i daughters, one of whom married a Henry S. 

une, and the other a William Paterson. According to Judge \ an 

Dyke, who remembered her well, she was "ill-temperate, petulant and 

h her new husband got along with her pretty well." She 

md husband, and returned to the neighborhood of a 

:er home, but when she died cannot be Mated. 

In the ; • i John Honeyman and Elizabeth, his (second) 

sold a traet of nearly fourteen acres out of his farm to David 

Van N'esl of Bedminster. In 1N17 his eldesl son, John, became finan- 

ciall) embarrassed, and his father, who had been security for him. 

r declining or being unable in cash to pay the amount of the 

indeb a< res 1>\ the sheriff 

-on. James, of New Germantown. It was 
James, to Dennis Hageman. 
■ interesting feature- connected with the hi 
of John Honeyman relates to the subject of how he became p — essed 
. to purchase this large landed estate in Bedmii 
ally when it is known that at Griggstown he was in 
moderate circumstances. It i- not believed that he inherited any 
mom Ireland: in fact there is no evidence that his parents 

1 r than pi i the mosl moderate mean--. The suggestion 

■ Van 1 >\ ke. on a subsequent page, that the money was supplied 
in by Washington i- a reasonable one. and heightens the romance 
5" life, 
until oni bi fore his death did John Honeyman connect 

himself with the church at Lamington of which he had been for many 
holder. Then 1 1821 1 he joined that church under the 
1 of tin- Rev. I lorace < ialpin. 

is. 1822, the venerable old man. in his ninety-third year, 
without leaving behind him, so far a- anything was 
n lip-, the secret of his most interesting ami 
peculiarly close-mouthed about his own 
1 the writer, who was twenty-four years ■ 
■ ath of this veteran, and who had lived more or less, 
with his grandfather on the Bedminster farm, knew nothing of hi- 
lt remained forjudge Van Dyke to narrate it. and now it will 
in full in the Judge's own word-. 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 97 

"AX UNWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE SPY OF WASHINGTON."* 

1 From "Our Home,"' Oct., 1873). 

"There are. doubtless, many persons in the State of New Jersey 
who have read with interest and pleasure, as weM as with excitement 
and wonder, the story of the deeds of that wonderful personage de- 
scribed in Cooper's Spy, as 'Harvey Birch,' and have grown ardently 
patriotic over his heroic acceptance of sacrifice, trial and danger, on 
account of his struggling and imperiled country. But there are prob- 
ably few in this State who are aware that upon its own soil, and among 
its own people, there lived and died a spirit as faithful and as brave 
as that of the real or fictitious "Harvey Birch." a part of whose Revo- 
lutionary life was also as romantic, perilous and important as his. 
indeed, strikingly similar in character, having the same objects in view. 
and being conducted under the immediate supervision of the same 
<rreat Chief. 

"The writer makes no claim to the power of invention. He pro- 
poses to create neither persons nor circumstances, but being in p' i~h^- 
sion of a number of facts, with which he has long been familiar, 
derived from the most unmistakable sources, he will simply attempt to 
narrate them in the plain way in which they were received. He was 
also personally well acquainted with the subject of this narrative, was 
with him very often during the last fifteen years of his life, and saw 
his eyes closed in death. 

"Some time in the year 175S, there arrived in the waters of the 
St. Lawrence the English frigate Boyrie. The great conflict between 
the French and English for the mastery on this continent was then 
raging. Braddock had been defeated and slain. The massacre at Fort 
William Henry had shocked the whole country, and the tomahawk and 
scalping knife of the savage were reeking with the blood of the helpless 
and the innocent. On board the vessel were not only a number of 
soldiers, but also ('.en. Abercrombie, and a somewhat youthful Colonel, 
afterwards known as the brave Gen. Wolfe, the hero of Quebec, who 
were all to participate in the bloody strife. Among the soldiers was a 
young Irishman, born in Armagh, but of Scottish ancestry, and of 
the Covenanter faith. lie was possessed of a tolerable education, 
spoke the English language correctly, but had in his speech much of 
the Irish brogue, which might easilv have been mistaken for Scotch. 



• The account of " The Spy of Washington," as here detailed has been written and re-written many 
times, and published in various newspapers in New Jersey. The repetitions have always been based on this 
account. Sometimes it has been greatly embeli shed, according to the imaginations of various writers. 
Frank R. Stockton in his " Stories of New Jersey," has presented it in a most interesting form. 



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Hi- was tall and commanding in stature, agile in movement, and pos- 

ind athletic frame. Although entertaining no g ! 

will iritish neighbors, yet, under the inflexible conscription 

■ War Minister, he was forced into the arn 
i" betray the unwillingni 
rmed with alacrity all the duties imposed upon 
him. 

"This soldier was John Honeyman, afterward 'the Spy of 

Washington,.' When the Atlantic, and while young Honey- 

was kic ■ rd "ii the deck. Col. Wolfe, who was about to 

stairway, tripped or -tumbled, and would have been pre- 
down the descent, had he not been caught and saved 1>\ the 
■■11 of ;h< i ript. The t lolonel spoke to him most 

.. thanked him kindly, told him he had saved his life, inq 
his i of it in his memorandum book, and promised to 

ber him. 

rvice which devolved on the officers and soldiers of 

whom wi ken, was the attack upon Louisburg. After the 

and capture of thai stronghold, Wolfe was promoted for his 

and -kill to tl ,f General, and was placed in command 

"' ,1k " army t<> attacl . which was t.. decide the great issue 

,ll ' ,v French and the English. He now made Honeyman one 

"' ' I. •'""! :i sort of member <>f his military family, and 

remain at all time- a- near hi- person a- possible. 

Ji-h were at tir-t defeated before Quebec, hut Wolfe, not 

nitied at the risk of his life to scale the formidable 

■ Abraham, which, up to that time, had been deemed 

ible. This would bring him to a level with the citj wall-. For 

e landed hi- army at Point Levi. In crossing tin- stream 

on which -tand-. Honeyman was one of the 

■men in the boat thai bore the General and -..me of hi- officers to 

While rowing, an officer, sitting behind and a little above 

•ami. m hall, which carried away the upper part 

■ ■ N forward, hi- brain was deposited over the head 

I'hi- led him often In remark that 'a man 

ins than an ,.\.' The army, however, was landed, and 

n of the night, with cat like tread, by the 

■in he had learned to love, groped hi- wa\ 

in- above. Here, in the 

ning, wa- -een the British army 

I housands of red cat- soon flashed in the 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 



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rays of the ascending sun, while the British Linn, in his silken folds, 
waved his threatening mane in the morning breeze most defiantly. 
But Wolfe and his army did not have to wait long. 

"The French commander soon offered them battle. Here our 
youthful soldier joined in the frightful carnage that ensued. He saw- 
bis General fall, and aided in bearing the dying chieftain from the 
field, "walking," as he often said, "most of the way in blood." These 
two scenes — the one at the boat, and the death of Wolfe — seemed to 
have affected him more than anything else during his life. He often 
recalled and related them after he was ninety years of age. but always 
with faltering voice and tearful eyes. The victory this time was with 
the English. The French commander was also killed, the city was at 
once surrendered, and. with the fall of Montreal the next year, the 
conflict ended. Then Honeyman was honorably discharged from the 
service. 

"We must now pass over a period of some eight or ten years, 
during which little is known of the doings and whereabouts of this 
young Scotch-Irishman, but, as early as the year 1774, he had found 
his way to Philadelphia, carefully carrying with him his discharge from 
the army of Gen. Wolfe; also the letter of that General, requesting 
him to become a member of his body-guard, and an attendant on his 
person when desired. These documents were known to be in bis 
possession long after the close of our Revolutionary War. 

"From the fact that he bad been bred to the trade of weaver, as 
well as to that of butcher and dealer in cattle, before coming to this 
country, and from his habits of industry and thrift, it is supposed that 
the interval between 17'),}. when the peace between France and England 
was announced, and the year 1775, when we find him in Philadelphia, 
had been spent in pursuing his early avocations. In Philadelphia he 
met and married Mary Henry, an intelligent, strong-minded Irish girl, 
whose birth-place was Coleraine, near the Scottish borders. She was 
of his faith and courage, and in after years endured hardship and peril 
with as much fortitude and heroism as her husband. 

"In Philadelphia, Honeyman first saw Washington, of whom he 
bad previously heard as having been engaged in the same war with 
himself on a different field. The troubles between the Colonies and 
the mother country were then rising to fever heat. In them Honeyman 
took and felt an intense interest, and when Washington was appointed 
Commander-in-chief, he earnestly sought an opportunity to be pre- 
sented to him. His efforts were successful, chiefly through the letter 
of Gen. Wolfe, the relation which he had borne to that gjreat and 



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■ 1 his honorable discharge from the army, which, 
ower of the French. These inter- 
ted, tmt what transpired at them is not now certainly 
■ will probably appear, as we proceed, that the saga' 

acquaintance, and gave him his confidence. 

••\\. aid that Honeyman was in Philadelphia as early as 

rtain thai he was there and was married several years 

■ arly part of 177''. he, with his wife and several young 

children, had removed t<> and made their residence at Griggstown, 

mty, New Jersey. What connection this removal had 

with the interviews in Philadelphia, before referred to, may be left 

lire of the reader, after 1 -tate what Followed. 

"But is known to have occurred in Xew Jersej between 

him and r to the close of the war. This was near 

ore the retreat of the American forces across 

into Pennsylvania. The interview was hurried, but continued 

a plan of operation, lie was to act tin- part of 

American cause in that part of Xew Jerse) where he 

liliar. As he was a Scotch-Irishman, who had already 

h army, and witnessed its triumphs, it would no 

ill adhered to their cause, a- did main others 

in the country. It was this position he was to assume: To act the part 

and quietly talk in favor of the British side of the question. 

In the capacity of butcher he was to commence some trade with them. 

and to furnish them cattle and horses when their armies came into the 

. which . edily take place. This course he was to 

hile he resided within the American line-, so long a- it should 

and. if danger at home became too threatening 

Family amidst it- angry foe- and go entirely 

within the British line-, there to continue hi- occupation of 

apply the British with cattle. This would probably 

furnish him with a wider range of travel within the line- of the enemy, 

•'""I ■ pportunity for the observation and discovery of their 

robable action and movement-, etc As soon 

'•1 learn anything with reasonable certainty, which it was 

Washington to know, he was to venture, a- if by acci- 

for cattle. so far beyond the army 

: b) the American-, but not without a desperate 

d it. Washington was to offer, if need he. some reward 

•. ith the imperative direction that he should 

1 brougl him in person, hi- ob 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL 101 

being not only in some way to protect his agent, but to receive his 
communications in the absence of all listeners, anil then to devise some 
unsuspected means for him to make his escape back to the British lines. 

"One great feature of the arrangement was to have it explicitly 
understood and believed on both sides of the line, that Honeyman hail 
fully i net" to the English, ami was exclusively in their service. 
Consequently, the greatest possible secrecy had to be preserved, and, 
until the particular service was no longer needed, the arrangement was 
only known to Honeyman and his faithful wife, and to Washington 
himself. Any other course would not only have frustrated the whole 
plan, but would probably have resulted both in the destruction of the 
spy and in injury to the American cause. 

"The interview spoken of near Fort Lee occurred in the early 
part of November, and shortly after Washington bad retired to that 
place. His army, such as it was. after its retreat through Xew Jersey, 
had safely crossed the Delaware about the 8th of December. Some 
two weeks later Honeyman was moving along with the British 



s> 



armv. 



in pursuit of the Americans, sometimes in our place and sometimes in 
another. At Trenton, as in other places, he seems to have 'had the 
privilege of going pretty much where he pleased in pursuit of his 
business. Having been compelled to enter and remain within the 
British lines almost from the moment of making the arrangement 
before mentioned, having ascertained the position and danger of Wash- 
ington, and the condition of the P.ritish at Xew Brunswick and Tren- 
ton, being also aware that the discipline at the latter place was very 
lax. knowing too that the holidays were approaching, when a still 
greater indulgence would probably be permitted, and having in his 
perambulations, as a butcher, in and about the city, obtained such a 
knowledge of its localities and of the roads leading to it. as would 
enable him to make a pretty correct diagram of them if desired, he 
resolved to take the first perilous step to communicate with the Com- 
mander-in-chief, as agreed upon between them. With a large cart 
whip in one hand and a rope in the other, a rather greasy-looking coat 
on his back, and apparently in search of cattle, he turned his steps 
toward the Delaware. After proceeding for some time along or near 
the bank of the stream, he perceived, at some distance, what seemed 
to be two dismounted horsemen in American uniform, partially con- 
cealed by some bushes. For once his heart throbbed violently, and his 
courage almost forsook him. But his business was urgent, and time 
was pressing, and he could not forego the offered opportunity, so he 
nerved himself accordingly. Fortunately a farmer's cow presented 



TH YMAN FAMILY 

11 his energies and patriotism he 
.-vice, and, seeing that he was not observed by 
menced driving her pasl them. When he had 
the cow all at once became unruly, and he 
hip and a loud shout to the animal to hurry 
men, who had been seated on a log, now sprang 
me moment were in their saddles. 
r a few ?ning not to see them, but 

the bushes he dropped his rope, and took to his 
w ith his utn ed. The horsemen soon overtook him, but 

o capture him. By the free use of his 
1 turnings he at first successfully 
rapidl) nearing a fence, when he suddenly 
•i.l fell heavily to the ground. Before he could 
- was upon him. But by the time the other had 
ihem, Honeyman was again on his feet, and the struggle of 
ubtful. was decided by the majority finally 
hen he was again thrown to the ground, where, with two 
hi- head, he finally surrendered, but with many 
hat he wa- <mly a poor butcher, trying to make an honest 
• hi- family, and had ii"t tried to hurt anybody, hut the con- 
him a little out of hi- way. The butcher 
wnd with his own rope and mounted behind one of the 
by his side with the other end of the 
w. IK- wa- taken across the river and 
triumph to the headquarters of Washington, with some de- 
n. The Commander had already admonished 
look out for such a person, who was understood t" he 
him it possible, and without fail to bring him to 
intly. 
"Hoi ed the apartment of the great Chief with trem- 

nd downi . a- if trying t<> -ink through the floor 

continued and violent resistance to capture wa- duly 
ed unusually grave, but spoke calmly to 
ng him it wa- painful t" see him in such a plight : that he 
and that hi- troops had for some time been 
General, after some unimportant questions, 
ints to withdraw, hut to surround and guard the 
er if he attempted to escape. The inter- 
half an hour, or till about sunset, when the gu 
died, and <\\- given i" furnish the prisoner wi h food, 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL I03 

put him in the log prison. lock the door ami safely guard it on the 
outside till morning, when a court-martial would be convened to try the 
guilt of the prisoner, of which he was satisfied from his own story. 

"This prison was a sort of log-cabin, then recently and strongly 
built. There was but a crevice for a window, and one ponderous door. 
In this uninviting apartment the spy was placed, the door securely 
locked, the key taken out, and a guard placed on either side. Late in 
the night, when all were quiet, and the cam]) asleep, except here and 
there a guard whose tramp could be plainly heard, a fire was observed 
to be breaking out near by in a dangerous place. It was small, and 
could be extinguished in a few moments if done at once. Xo one was 
near t0 do if - The guards, who were awake, hesitated for a moment, 
but flames ascended rapidly, and then they instinctively rushed to the 
fire. In a short time it was subdued. Thev now returned to and 
remained faithfully at their posts till morning. When the morning 
came the door was still locked, but the spy was not there. He had 
escaped, but no one seemed to know how. 'He must be a burglar,' 
they said, 'as well as a traitor, and was doubtless armed with false 
keys.' The camp was soon m great commotion. Washington seemed 
exceedingly angry. Hut three days afterward the latter was with his 
army in Trenton, the city with its Hessian occupants being captured. 
Rahl was slain, and the country was saved! 

"Although the spy had escaped, he was not among the captured 
at Trenton. He well knew that was not a safe place for him. 

"The mode of escape was entirely planned by Washington, and 
ot course, the guards were not very close to the line of travel which' 
the spy was to pursue. There was a slight alarm at one outer point 
and a few guns were fired, but Honeyman easily eluded pursuit and 
reached the river in safety. This he crossed partly on the ice and partly 
through the icy waters. When he reached the British pickets he was 
almost breathless. He first surrendered himself to them, and then 
told the story of his arrest, marvelous escape, and all that he had seen 
with whatever of glow and fervor his shivering body and limbs per- 
mitted. The guards were in transports of joy, and Honeyman himself 
was easily persuaded to be carried to the quarters of the Colonel before 
morning. He, in fact, desired an apparently unsought interview with 
him as speedily as possible that he might be discharged and get out 
of the way of a new capture, when Washington should reach Trenton 
Col. Rahl, on being informed of the arrival of so important a visitor 
arose from his couch to receive him. The captive repeated his story' 
Rahl censured him for needlessly exposing himself, but was delisted 



I V.MAX FAMILY 

He cared the particulars of either, however, 

m all that the butcher had heard and discovered ... 

., ( »„ this point the spy became somewhat reticent, 

h to tell all he knew, and perhaps 

rmy, yet, to avid suspicion after- 

. .lunteer a very disparaging statement ab< »ut 

,ved in a wry short time. But the Colonel, 

him with questions until he drew from him a 

rable condition of the American camp. 

laimed that 'no danger was to he apprehended 

ie.' Honeyman was now 

his way to New Brunswick, for him a place 

• 

capture and escape of Honeyman speedily 

mi. where the indignation 

hed the hi 'int. It was well known there 

army, and he had already receive.! 

»!-) John Honeyman:' but now. 'British spy, traitor and 

agreeable epithets were heard on 

■ . His house was surrounded at midnight by a crowd of his 

hbors, who, by arrangement, had approached it from 

ipposing he might They demanded the 

the traitor, or that the premises should be thoroughly 

UN wife . : that she 

■ of hi- whereabouts, and seemed grieved at his misi 

only increased the demand and tumult. She soon after 

r, and. waving her hand, asked the crowd to listen a 

became quiet, and she inquired who was their leader. 

John I'.aird.' came from all directions. Now John I'.aird 

11 known neighbors, a young man only eighteen years 

alwarl frame, unshrinking courage and urn lable 

ad from the first espoused the cause of the Colonies 

nd enthusiasm of youth, lie was afterward in 

of it hearing the title of Major. In his 

pension from the Government. The 

d with him during his later years, and he 

whom much of the information herein 

When the wife <<\ Honeyman heard the name 

bsided, for she knew him well, and knew 

r her children so long as he contr 

•in to her. lie went. Shi I him a paper. 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL I05 

and asked him to read it aloud to those outside. He did so after first 
carefully looking it over himself. The paper which he read was as 
follows : 

'American Camp, 
'New Jersey, Nov. A. D., 1776. 
"To the good people of New Jersey, and all others whom it may 

concern : 

'It is hereby ordered that the wife and children of John Honey- 
man, of Griggstown. the notorious Tory, now within the British lines, 
and probably acting the part of a spy, shall be and hereby are pro- 
tected from all harm and annoyance from every quarter, until further 
orders. But this furnishes no protection to Honeyman himself. 

'Geo. Washington, 

'Com.-in-chief.' 

"After the reading of this paper the wife invited Baird and his 
associates to make such examination of the premises as they thought 
proper, but no one seemed anxious to proceed any further. A long 
silence ensued. The assemblage was somewhat confused and con- 
founded, and soon after gradually dispersed. 

"This paper was not only signed by Washington, hut was all 
written by him, and remained in the family for many years afterwards. 
It was seen and read by the children as well as by many others. 
Although the feeling of the neighbors toward the family became quiet, 
and even kind, yet, toward the head of it, it in no way abated, and 
there was no time, until the close of the war, when his life would have 
been safe had he been taken in the neighborhood of his house. 

"According to the plan referred to. the theatre of Honeyman's 
action was confined essentially to New Jersey, with the soil of which 
he had made himself fully acquainted, and could only be carried out 
when the English army was in possession of some part of it, and when 
so near to Washington that he was certain, if arrested, to be carried 
before him. 

"Consequently, when the British had been driven from the State, 
in 1777. and Washington had removed with his army from Morristown 
to the Delaware, for the defense of Philadelphia, there was little if 
any opportunity for the spy to perform his part of the great drama any 
further. Nor did any such opportunity again occur, so far as is known, 
during the war. Nor is it now known where Honeyman was, or what 
he was doing all that time. He certainly did not reside with his family, 
for it could not be known at what moment his services might be needed, 
and it was not then safe to raise the veil which hung around his strange 



YMAX FAMILY 

I he remained with the British forces, and prob- 
ed his character and business of butcher and trader with 
probable that he at times saw or formed plan- of 
and furnished them the means of 
and peace proclaimed, 
lief himself raised the mysterious veil, then John 
Horn to his home the greatest hero of the hour. The 

■ surrounded his humble dwelling and 

only surrounded it. but pressed vigorously 

harm, but t<> thank and bless and honor him, 

nd applaud his long suffering but heroic wife. 

me to visil him, Washington himself being 

- I RAL WO 

era! Wolfe di< to ( anada in 1758, but subsequently 

returned made Major-General (by appointment from 

mmoner, William Pitt), and returned to undertake the 

bee in 1759. The reader of Judge Van Dyke's article 

.aurally infer that the storming of Quebec and the death of 

Wolfe occurred in 1758, but this was not the case. Wolfe in the 

made his attack upon Louisburg, and on account <>f his 

at that time he secured the promotion. It must be, therefore, 

John Honeyman cami stated, in 1 75S. : The writer has 

if the English records that when Wolfe 
in 1759 to tin Quebec he came upon the "Neptune;" 

• the "Royrie" was not in o imn 

■nt of Wolfe's death on the Plain- of Abraham, on the 

lias been variously narrated, but the following 

reful historian Francis Parkman, in his two-volume work 

"Montcalm and Wolfe." may be taken to be as authentic as 

the remarkable courage of Wolfe in scaling the 

f Abraham in the darkness, and the order of 

Woll tire on the enemy until '"within thirty yard- of them." he 

"Wolfe himself led tin at the head of the Louisburg 

\ shot shattered hi- wrist. He wrapped hi- handkerchief 



l»4t» II.ii. : tin. M. H. Stein, of 
1 mention your ancestor gi I 

Id one (our own title deeds 
three maiden ladies of the name of Porterfield. Gen- 
' »-m. and frequently visited her here." 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL lo; 

about it and kept on. Another shot struck him and he still advanced 
when a third lodged in his breast. He staggered and sat on the ground. 
Lieutenant Brown of the grenadiers, one Henderson, a volunteer in 
the same company, and a private soldier, aided by an officer of artil- 
lery, who ran to join them, carried him in their arms to the rear. He 
begged them to lay him down. They did so. and asked if he would 
have a surgeon. There's no need,' he answered; 'It's all over with 
me.' A moment after one of them cried out : 'They run ; see how they 
run!' 'Who run?' Wolfe demanded, like a man roused from sleep. 
'The enemy, Sir. Egad, they give way everywhere!' 'Go. one of you. 
to Colonel Burton,' rejoined the dying man; 'tell him to march Webb's 
regiment down to Charles River to cut off their retreat from the 
bridge.' Then, turning on his side, he murmured 'Now, God be 
praised, I will die in peace!' And in a few moments his gallant soul 
had fled." 

The date was Sept. 12, 1759. Montcalm, the French commander, 
was mortally wounded in the same action. A monument to l,oth brave 
men now stands on the Plains of Abraham on the exact spot where 
Wolfe died, but the place where he fell was three hundred yards 
farther east and about one hundred yards northeast of the present 
Quebec Observatory building. 

That "private soldier" mentioned by Parkman may have been 
John Honeyman. Doughty (in his monumental work in" six volumes 
on "The Siege of Quebec") could not ascertain who he was, but states 
that there were many claimants to the honor of supporting Wolfe off 
the field. We have no good reason to doubt the correctness of r udge 
A r an Dyke's story on this point, since he derived it from fohn Honey- 
man himself. 

If John Honeyman had only been a writer; if he had only put 
down at the time in a journal in black and while his experiences i„ 
that Canadian campaign, what an interesting narrative we might have 
had! He told his family of it. hut. so far as we know, was too modest 
to ever claim credit from the historian. 

FURTHER COMMENTS— Till-: PART OF "spy." 

I come now to the Revolutionary incidents for which, happily i- 
is poss.ble to furnish some circumstantial corrobating instances \bout 
three months after the article by Judge Van Dyke was printed "i had 
occasion to use the facts in another publication, and I then solicited 



I V.MAX FAMILY 

lvke , who was a resident of Wabasha Minnesota,* 
farther corroboration; in other words tha, he won Id supplement 

that he had written with a statement of his sources of i rmation 

which sources la- had no. detailed. His response, dated Ian 6, [8; , 
rtant that I present it in full herewith. 

., INFORMATION. 

..[ wi „ .. | y the information on which the article con- 

cerning my grandfather was based. 1. - true it is not culled from 
written historv. U ewhat domestic, of course I have no , 

,f th e principal matters related. All the early history 
of , nv grandfather, .he place- of his birth, how Ik- came to tins country 
theoccurren, . down to the time oi h.s marriage at 
Philadelphia. >"'>'. either directly or indirectly 
from bin,; vet thev ucv always as well known in the family and 
,. . tl K bv his daughters, as any other .act ... family 
Uter his marriage his wife became an important person in 
the familv She seems to have known as much about her husband and 
h! . .. did himself, and through her. rather than Inn. Eor 
he never spoke much about .hen. himself, to his children-the) pa- 
in,,, ,he familv. The daughters, a. long as 1 can rem were 
liar with his history, and frequently spoke of it. including all the 
bribed as happening a, Griggstown. 1 In- charge ... 
ind dealing with the British, .he excitement and 
indignation of the neighborhood, the efforts ... capture him, the sur- 
his 1.....--. the protection ... .he family by Washingtons 
eturn ..." peace, the return of their father, the visit ... 
ind ther ofl the War. were all familiar ... .hen, 
ken of, and yet ..... one of them probably underst 1 

w h hat it all meant. 

' ..,.„, ,,„ on who was an eye and ear witne 

all • at Griggstown. This was Aunt 

th c time about thirteen year, of age, and had a perfect 

In .868 he 

, p„v« 
edtheRevolu, 

en years 

» died in 

,„. Still, he n»j muted the incident. 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 109 

recollection of everything that happened. After her father's death 
some time, and when she had come to reside at my father's house, and 
I had grown somewhat to manhood and become a little inquisitive 
about the curious things I had heard of my grandfather. I asked her to 
tell me what she knew about him. She had often heard the term 'Tory' 
applied to her father. She knew he was accused of trading, in some 
way, with the British; that he was from home most of the time; and 
she knew that their neighbors were greatly excited and angry about it ; 
but she knew also that her mother had the protection of Washington. 
She was at home in the evening when the house was surrounded and 
witnessed the whole scene. She had often seen, and read, and heard 
read, Washington's order of protection, and knew it by heart, and 
repeated it over to me, in substance, and, I think, in nearly the exact 
words in which it is found in the written article. She was also there, 
living at home after the War closed, being then a full-grown young 
woman. She knew perfectly well the enure reconciliation of the 
neighborhood. She, herself, saw Washington at their house, as well 
as other officers of the War, after its close. 

"My impression is that the 'Spy' was ever, after the Peace, 
inclined to 'keep shady' on the part he had taken in the War, except 
to a few. and was anxious to have the British and their adherents 
believe that he had been faithful to them throughout, because by such 
means he was able to be of immense service to his neighbors by his 
success in getting back horses, cattle, negroes and other property, 
which had been carried away by the marauding parties of the enemy. 
That he accomplished these things to an unusual extent was well- 
known, not only to his family, but by his old neighbors down to a 
late peril id. 

"Some few years after the interview with Aunt Jane, after her 
death and while studying law with Judge J. Schureman Xevius, I went 
to take his wife to see her sister, the wife of Frederick Van Dyke 
Yoorhees. He then lived at Bridge Point, in the vicinity of Griggs- 
town. Here I met old "Major' Baird. Pie was the same person who 
was the leader of the party which surrounded my grandfather's house. 
as I described it. He was. when I saw him, an old man. Knowing 
that he knew my grandfather and the family, 1 made known my rela- 
tionship, lie seemed pleased and asked many questions. Among 
other things I told him that I had understood the old gentleman had 
been considered a Tory during the Revolution, and favored the British. 
He answered very promptly, that 'perhaps if I knew as much about 
that as some others I would not think so.' I was, of course, inquisitive, 



THI HOXEYM \\" FAMI1 Y 

and asked him to tell me what he did know about it. lie proceeded 

me the whole story : of the acting by aj 
meiit the part of the butcher for the British army. of hi- permitting 
him lured, hi- being carried before Washington, hi- con- 

back t>' the enemy, etc.. not in exactly the same 
':-. hut in substance a- I 1 xibed it. This matter he pro- 

• know beyond all doubt. 

rs later I was employed by the heirs of a somewhat 

who hail lived in the same vicinity, to recover for 

ihem an i 1000 acres in Nova Scotia, which hail la-en granted 

to tlu-ir ancestor by the British Crown in consideration for his services 

and on which he wa- forced to live after the War. In the investigation 

of that case, I visited this -ante neighborh 1 to see what I could learn. 

Major Baird was then dead, hut I found an old resident and Revolu- 
tionary hero. John Ten Broek. The object of my call wa- to talk over 
Revolutionary matter-, and. supposing he had known my grandfather, 
I inquired of him on that subject, and told him thai he. to... 1 had 
understood, had been a Tory. He -aid 1 did not know much about it. 
hut that he did. He -aid a great many people hail thought so, hut that 
'Johnny Honeyman did not have to go to Nova Scotia.' and went on 
and told me the -ante story which had been related b) Major Baird. 
"These statements receive -iron- continuation. 1 think, from the 
of things known to have existed in the two armies in and about 
Trenton at the time. We know that hut sixteen day- before Wash- 
en hut barely able to save the miserable fragment of his 
hattered and diminished force- from destruction, by being 
able to place the icy Delaware between himself and tin- enemy. The 
indomitab had a- much reputation for caution and prudence 

•r any other qualities, and hi- great success at Trenton ha- always 
iied hut little less than a miracle. Can we then suppose that, 
with hi- prudence, with such a discomfited, demoralized and starving 
on such a night, with such a Delaware to en--, and with 
■ ertainty of the loss of hi- army, himself and his 
"try. ■ ould meet a far superior force of the enemy, 

cut them in piece-, capture them, or force them 
i" i«to tin ble water-.- i- it to he supposed, I ask, that 

^•''•' f such circumstances, would have ventured on such 

been informed from -our- V er\ reliable 
ondition of things in the British army on the 
h information 1 am sure he mu-t have had. Wheno 
Histon doe- not tell us. It i- silent on the subject, 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL tn 

leaving the world in wonder at the rash and daring act, and its wonder- 
ful success. I believe he obtained it from his brave, faithful and 
sagacious spy, John Honeyman. 

"To my mind this view of the case is still further confirmed by a 
fact that I cannot otherwise understand. Although I never heard it 
spoken of in the family, yet he must have received from some source 
a considerable sum of money, some time after the close of the War. 
It was always understood that he brought nothing with him to this 
country, nor did his wife. He owned but little property at Griggs- 
town. His whole business and occupation there was that of a weaver, 
and after supporting himself, his wife and seven children, there could 
not have been much if anything left. It was always understood in 
the family that their condition at Griggstown was very moderate. In 
1793 he had removed to Lamington, and soon afterward he was the 
owner of two of the best farms in his neighborhood, one containing 
220 acres, and the other not quite so much but large, and had them 

both paid for. He owed nobody: and I remember in my earlv boyri 1 

of hearing my father and mother conversing about his property, which 
they valued at $11,000. Xor did he ever make money by farming. 
While he was able to work at all, he still, on his farm, continued the 
business of weaving. I think, therefore, that, not very long prior to 
his removal from Griggstown, he must have received some considerable 
sum of money from some quarter as compensation for very valuable 
and extraordinary services rendered." 

SIDELIGHTS ON THE "spy's" HISTORY. 

The late Adjutant-General William S. Stryker, of Trenton, whose 
writings upon the Revolutionary War have a deserved reputation, 
became greatly interested in the account of John Honeyman. as "The 
Spy of Washington." and took the trouble to examine the records of 
the Secretary of Stated office to ascertain if John Honeyman had ever 
been proceeded against by the state authorities as a supposed Tory. 
It was well known that various Tories of the state were indicted for 
high treason, and it was conjectured that perhaps John Honeyman 
must have been proceeded against for the express purpose of leading 
his neighbors to believe that he was an actual Tory, and not a patriot 
who was secretly in the service of Washington. It would be sufficient 
to have such an indictment presented, but there would be no occasion 
for following it up with a trial, since in the latter case there might be 
a disclosure of the real facts. General Stryker actually found such a 



,,_, THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

• in the shape of an "Inquisition" of the date of June 9, [778. 
interesting document in full is as follows: 

.v fersey, Somerset Co., to wit. An Inquisition taken 
and Made in Hillsborough Township of the -aid County of Somi 

.intli da) >>t" June in the ;. mr Lord One Thousand Seven 

Hundred and Seventy Eight. By the Oaths of, Henderick Probasco, 

lerick Stryker, Thomas Skillman, Reynier Veghte, Peter Sinker. 

Ino. Stryker, Cornelius Lott, Frederick VanLew, Laurance VanCleef, 

William I'.aird. Samuel Geulick, Uriah VanCleef, Gerardes Beekman, 

[no Voorheese, Abraham Ditmass, Abraham Beekman, Christopher 

Beekman, Xathen Allen, Joes) Kershow, Garret Voorheese, Josi 

Hageman, Garret Terhune Jr. Martin Nevious, Good and Lawful men 

of the Said County, Before Edward Bunn Esq one of the Justices of 

the Peace of said County, Who upon their oath aforesaid say that John 

Honeyman of the Eastern Precinct in the County aforesaid did since 

fifth day of ( thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy 

and Before the Fifth day of June < Ine thousand Seven Hundred 

and Seventy Seven did aid and the Enemies within this S 

the f^nn of the allegiance to the State the Government and 
ity of the same. 

"We whose name- are hereunto Set and Seals affixed being the 
Juries above named do upon the Evidence to us produced find the 
[nquisitioi aid True. 

"Hendrack Probasco, Hendrick Stryker. Thomas Skillman. Re) 
nier Veghte, Peter Stryker, John Stryker, torn-. Lott, Frederick Van- 
Lieu. Lauranc ' 1 leef, William Bard, Samuel Gulick and Garret 
Terhune, Jr., Joseph Hageman, Jurias Vant ierardus Beekman, 

John Voorhees, Abraham Voorhees, Abraham Ditmars, Abraham 
Beekman, Christophers Beekman, Nathan \llin. Jost Kesciu, Garritl 
1 -. Mart inns Nevyus. 
"I do Hi ertify that the written Inquisition by the Juries 

ein Named tin- Ninth day of June One thousand Seven Hun- 
1 nty Eight before me. 

(Signed 1 "EDWARD BUNN. 
Ft. appeared and the Inquisition being read. etc. pleaded 
and put himself upon hi- Country, etc. &c, &c 

(Signed I "WILLIAM PATERS* »\ 

Atty. Generl." 

might ha- xpected there were no further proceedings. 

ifterwards, in writing hi- authoritative work on 

and Princeton," 1 on pp. 87, 88), gives the 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL [13 

main facts concerning John Honeyman's services before the Battle oi 
Trenton, and thus sums it up: "I am inclined to think from all the 
data which I can obtain, from a search of some interesting records, 
and from family traditions, that John Honeyman, of Griggstown, 
Somerset Co., N. J. who furnished the British army with cattle, and 
whom common rumor called the notorious Tory and spy, but the 
safety of whose wife and children was covered by written protec- 
tion given by Washington himself, was the man win mi General Wash- 
ington relied on chiefly for most accurate information. It seems 
to be certain that while engaged in his trade he was captured by Amer- 
ican scouts, carried over the river to the quarters of General Washing- 
ton and held a private half-hour conversation with him. His court- 
martial was ordered for the morrow, and he was confined during 
the night, but he made unaccountable escape before morning. It is 
asserted that be returned to Rahl, gave him a doleful account of the 
American army, and then left for Brunswick, so that he might not lie 
present at the surprise of Trenton, be upbraided by the I [essians, and 
lose his power for usefulness to the patriot cause." 

Evidently there were proceedings begun against John Honeyman 
prior to 1778, because on July 10, 1777, an inventory was made of his 
propertv, at the same time that other inventories were made of var- 
ious Tories in Somerset County. A few years ago there was a sale 
of papers which had been in the possession of Hendrick Wilson, who 
was a commissioner of the County of Somerset during the Revolu- 
tion, appointed for the purpose of seizing the property of the dis- 
affected. These papers were purchased by Mr. Alvin P. Johnson, 
of Boston, in order to secure a certain document. In some way this 
gentleman learned of the existence of the writer, and made known 
by correspondence the fact that one of the papers of Hendrick Wil- 
son, dated as staled above, contained an inventory of the "lands, 
goods and chattels of Joint Honneman, as a disaffected man to the 
state" (of Xew Jersey.) A copy of this inventory is now in the 
writer's possession, and consists of the enumeration of an unusually 
large number of articles, such as would be of use by the occupant of 
a house in a small village. The list includes two weavers' looms, 
a large spinningwheel, etc. As the full list may be of some interest 
to the descendants of John Honeyman it is given quite fully here- 
with, viz. : 

"I tea table; 1 square table: two spinning wheels: 2 beds and 
furniture: 1 chest; 1 elbow chair; o chairs; 1 cupboard and what is 
in; 1 cradle and furniture; 1 looking-glass; 2 trammels; 1 fire shovel; 



114 THE HON] YM.W FAMILY 

urn: 1 hhd. corn; l / 2 pipe with corn: i warpen mill and frame: 

churn; 6 earthen potts; i tea kittle; i iron pott; 4 

: 1 Indian sive; 1 bowl and tray; . dozen pewter plates; _> 

pewter dishes; 1 small scales; 2 bells; 1 cedar lye cask; 1 piggin; 1 

pewter basin; 7 little do. sp is; 1 do. quart pott; 2 smoothing iron-: 

4 bundles yarn: 1 pewter sugar potl ; 1 earthen tea pott : 7 do. cups and 

1 tin coffee pott; 1 reel; 1 pr. hand irons; 2 cedar tubs; 2 

wea> ms; 1 quill wheel: 1 large spinning-wheel; 1 falling ax; 

1 empty barrel; 2 pr. templar; 1 cask, with bran: 5 iron stove plate-: 

1 large clevis; 1 small ditto; u reed- and gairs; 3 pair gairs; _• small 

- wheat: some hay; two empty hogsheads; 1 tub; 2 bundles 

1 empty barrel; 1 break flax; 1 wood slay: 1 pleasure 

1 p. oats and flax; 3 milks cows; 2 two year old heifer-: 1 pr. 

Stilyards, and sundry other things too tedius to mention." 

It is clearly evident from the fact that no silver is menu 
the owner of all this house paraphernalia was not a wealthy man. 
ible that he had some silver that was hidden from the com- 
-ioner-. but this i- not likely. He was a plain weaver, hut a patriot. 
Spring following that of the finding of the indictment was 
the period when many estates of Tories wen , cated under a., 

ol the legislature and proceedings were again begun against Mm 
Honeyman. resulting in the advertisement of hi- Griggstown property 
L'ndoubtedl) he was then with the British tone- and of 
e was classed by hi- neighbors a- a full-fledged Tory. It, the 
Xew Jersey Gazette." published in Trenton, of the date of Mar. 10. 
there appeared an advertisement by Commissioners [acoh 
en a. id 1 1 en. 1 rick Wilson, the same being dated Feb. 1;. wind, 
■Whereas inquisition ha- been found and final judgment entered 
reon '" favor "' ' ; against" (naming several individual- 1 

ore there will he sold, anion,; other properties, on Vpril 8 •'the 
: >' the property of John Honeyman, lying in Griggs- 
tant fro,., Van Dome'- Mill-, on the Main 
to Brunswick." 

' took place. The indictment never was tried 
I furniture inventoried never wa- -old. Surely this 
•roborat.ve pro,,,' see ms conclusive that in some way somebody high 
'.ty knew the real facts about John Honeyman. Other m. 

' and -old: the personal propert) of other 
' Public auction ; other indictments for treason 
10 trial; but "Johnny Honeyman." as his nei| 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL II5 

him, was lei alone, except as to the various proceedings above men- 
tioned. 

HIS HOME IX GRIGGSTOWN. 

From the advertisement referred to above it appears that the 
"Spy." owned "lots and houses" at Griggstown. It cannot now be 
ascertained what his realty then consisted of, since, if his deeds were 
recorded, the records perished at the burning of the Somerset Court- 
house at Millstone in October, 1779, during the Simcoe Raid. This 
was a piece of wanton destruction on the part of the Raid which was 
inexcusable. 

We know, however, where his actual residence at Griggstown was : 
the same that "was surrounded at midnight by a crowd of his exas- 
perated neighbors." when they demanded "the surrender of the traitor, 
or that the premises should be thoroughly searched and perhaps re- 
duced to ashes." It is still preserved and occupied, and is likely to 
stand for years to come. The present owner is, strange to say, a 
Slav; one Anduro Vilyesinski, who purchased the house and grounds 
in 1908. 

The property now contains several acres of meadow land, including 
the house lot, and fronts the public road between Griggstown and 
Blackwell, on the east side of the canal, almost opposite to the intersec- 
tion of this road with the road to Griggstown (the nearest inroad to 
Griggstown ) from Upper Ten-Mile-Run. 

On the opposite page is presented a picture of the house as it 
appears to-day. It contains two large, old-fashioned fire places with 
wooden mantles carved with the sun's rays. 

TIII£ WILL OF JOHN H0NEYMAN. 

John Iloneyman made his will, dated Jan. 11, [822, ami probated 
Aug. 28, 1822. (Book C of Somerset Co. Deeds, p. no). The exe- 
cutors named were Simon Hegeman and James Iloneyman, son of the 
testator. His real estate, then stated to consist "of 220 acres," the 
executors were directed to sell •'within as short a time after my decease 
as will appear consistent in the opinion of my executors for the ad- 
vancement of my estate and benefit of my heirs." and the same direc- 
tion was to apply to his personalty, lie bequeathed "to my deare 
wile Elizabeth" the sum of $500 to be paid within one year after his 
decease, and also "one-third of the cloth made by her since the inter- 
marriage with me, which may lie in my house at the time of my de- 
cease, and all the property brought with her at the time of our mai 



,,,, THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

which said gift and bequest shall be in lieu of all dowei 

out of my estate; and if not accepted by her 
n thirty days after my decease then my will is that the said gift 
an( l ; imi .,; id." He bequeathed to his son John, $5; to his son 

■ his daughters Jane, "Elenor" (wife of Abraham 
Mary, (wife of Matthias Lane), and Sarah, (wife of Abra- 
ham Van Dyke), eacl executoi he gave $500 in trust 
ay the interest thereof annuall) to his daughter Margaret, wife 
, Arm- her decease the principal to be 
ng the children. Whatever -mib he had ad- 
vanced by money t<> hi- children b) tions he had received from 
them, "r had lifted for them, war- to he valued a- part of hi- estate 
and "discounted from Mich child'- -hare." [f hi- estate should prove 
deficient to pay the legacies in full, the) were to be abated proportion- 
ally, <>r. if there wa- a surplus, increased proportionally. The wit- 
■ ighbors, Simon Vliet, Jr., John Hagemen and Daniel 
III [agemen. 

The inventory of hi- estate tiled with hi- will shows that hi- per- 
sonalty was valued at Sl.564.88, and hi- faun ■ ■ f .'Jo acre-, on which 
son-in-law, Peter R. Fisher, then resided, was valued at S4.400. 
The chief executor of hi- will, his neighbor Simon Hegeman, probabl) 

a few year-, although 1 have not 
find any final accounting. The other executor. James 
1 1. meyman, si in 1 if the testati ir, died in 1 82 1. 

WHERE 111'- IS BURIED. 

In the old graveyard at Lamington, with which church John 
Horn mnected himself in [793 a- a pewholder and of which he 

■ ie a member in 1821, lie and his first wife. Mary Henry, are 
have a tombstone. Ili- is of red sandstone in a 
tion, and i- inscribed a- follows: 

. red 
to the memory of 

; \N ! ENR 
departed this 

in ■ 
uf hii 

1 wife, Elizabeth, was not buried there. 
John Honeyman wroti I hand, was a reader, exceptionally 

intell I full of Scotch grit. I 'lain and unassuming, in hi- later 

all hi- neighbors and friend-, hut to none of 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 117 

them did he ever speak of the part he took in the Canadian or Rev- 
olutionary struggles. Mis modesty seems to have liven equal to his 
courage and integrity. His grandson, John Honeyman, who desired to 
enter college and was the first of the family to do so, did not secure 
the consent of his father to furnish sufficient means, but the grand- 
father came to his aid. He believed in education, and in this respect. 
also, had a sagacious mind as to the future welfare of coming gen- 
erations. His counsel was wise, his sympathies for those who suffered 
innocently strong, and he had a good Scotch sense of humor, which 
came out to an unusual degree in his son, James. Tall in statue, of 
nearly perfect physical health, he died peacefully and in the hope of the 
Christian's immortality. 

[ohn Honeyman's signature (taken from hi- will) was as follows: 



J<dU 1>CcrHJbj 



KA~OAA~^~ 



THE CHILDREN OF JOHN HOXEYMAN. 

Some, but certainly not all, of the children of John Honeyman 
were born at Griggstown and were seven in number. No baptismal 
records, with one exception, or family Bible-dates, have been dis- 
covered, mi that the dates of birth of some of these children cannot 
be stated. The known dates, however, are given in Part II. of this 
work. These children were (order not exactly known) : 

1. Jane, who never married, and who died in 1836, aged seventy. 
"She was a tall, stately woman, large in frame and badly club- 
footed in both feet. She was a dressmaker, but had grace of manners 
and intelligence beyond her other sisters." She is the "Aunt Jane" 
named in Judge Van Dyke's narrative. 

2. Eleanor, who married Abraham Porter, and early removed to 
northwestern New York. It i-- stated that her descendants are scattered 
over the West, but I have been unable to get trace of any of them. 

3. Margaret, born in 1767; died in 1721 ; married, first, William 
Henry, and, second, George Armstrong. Margaret, as the wife of 
William Henry, lived in the vicinity of Lamington, but had various 
residences while Mrs. Armstrong. 

4. John, a farmer, residing near the parental home, who was born 
in 1769, married Catherine Covert, and died in 1830, aged sixty. 
Among his living descendants is the Rev. Melvin Honeyman. of Olean, 
X. Y., and Rev. Robert M. Honeyman, of Norristown, Pa., a most 



THE Hi A FAMILY 

ist ; and there are many more, as John had six sons, 
■. horn raised familii 
■ !ary. who married Matthias Lane, and also resided in IV!- 
Iler husband is said to have rented farm-, bu 

known as the "Beauty," being an exceed- 
in. Their descendants all went West, and disap- 
the knowledge of their relatives 

iermantown, X. J., famous a- an inn-keeper 

5, who married Man Miller of Warren County, 

in 1824, a! the age of forty-eight, lie was the father 

»r. John Honeyman ami Robert M. Honeyman, merchant, both of 

ermantown. 

Sarah, wife of Abraham Van Dike, who died in 1845 a ^'''' 
as the mother of Judge Van Dyke, of the New Jei 
irt, and grandmother of Dr. John C. Van Dyke, the fa- 
in >r ami litterateur, of New Brunswick, X. I., ami of I 
Dyke, also an author i California. 

I a addition, scores of volumes published 
rac :ncd in the hope of securing new light on some of the iote!- 
tly J..hn Honeyman might well have been named 

I here that, if he v.crc born in Fife, Scotland, and 

-rn, judging from baptismal dates, the son of James Honeyman of 

I Honeyman of Portland, Oregon. James of Monimail had 

■vevcr. would have made the "Spy" in the 

">e ninety-ill: rhen he died, a hich is 

deceased. It Is only Irom the 

e in Lamington church-yard that we can judge 

! lohn, ..u.l the fact that, if hcl 
U irel Irom his then aui M . . mother 

lion in weighing the probabilities. 
• ">, 'hal he mi en the son of the 

'over from the Briti 
! one hundred men in an cipr, 

with him, if the lad 

:■ 1 fact that the "Spy" had 

came over with Wolfe as a soldier, because his parent had previously 

1 hat his antecedents are yet undiscovered. We do not 



CHAPTER VII. 

BIOGRAPHICAL-LINE OF JOHN HONEYMAN, "THE SPY." 
Hon. John Van Dyke, Supreme Court Justice. 

Hon. John Van Dyke, for a time Justice of the Supreme Court 
of New Jersey, and a grandson of John Honeyman, the "Spy," wa.-> 
born near Lamington, Somerset Co., N. J., in 1807. He married the 
daughter of Prof. Theodore Strong of Rutgers College. His iir-< 
Dutch ancestor on the Van Dyke side came to Brooklyn about 1653, 
and some of his descendants settled on the Raritan near New Bruns- 
wick, about 1720. When a youth, the lad, John, began teaching in 
the schools and his success in debating societies led him to the law. 

He studied law with Hon. James S. Nevius : was licensed as an 
attorney in 1836 and as counselor in 1839. He became Prosecutor of 
the Pleas of .Middlesex County in 1841, and during his term the 
murder, by Peter Robinson, of Abraham Suydam, president of the 
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of New Brunswick, and a very prom- 
inent citizen, caused a trial that was a cause celebre in New Jersey. 

Subsequently Mr. Van Dyke was Mayor of New Brunswick, 
became the first President of the Bank of New Jersey, was elected 
to Congress in [847, and served two terms. When in Congress he 
took a notable stand against slavery, making a speech which was 
largely circulated, and was of decided advantage to the Anti-slavery 
cause. In 1859 Governor Xewell appointed him upon the Supreme 
Court Bench of New Jersey, which position he held until 1866. He 
made a sound and excellent judge, writing not many opinions, but 
such as he wrote were carefully prepared. He often disagreed with 
his brethern, and did not hesitate to put himself so on record. 

In 1868 he went to [Minnesota, became Judge of the Third Judi- 
cial District in that state, served in the State Legislature, and engaged 
in many large causes as counsel. In personal appearance he was a 
man of striking presence, tall and handsome, straight as an arrow, 
with a full beard, and with dignified carriage. In his Congressional 
days he received the soubriquet of "Black Hawk," on account of 
his dark eyes, beard and hair. A number of his political speeches 
and pamphlets were published, besides many contributions to magazine 
literature. His article on his grandfather, John Honeyman, "The 



THE HONEYMAN FAMIl N 

ton." will be found in the preceding Chapter. He 
ba ha in 1878, when seventy years of age. 

Dr. John Honeyman, of New Germantown, N. J. 

Dr. I"iui Honeyman. of N'ew Germantown, X. J., grandson of 

lulin Honeyman, the "Spy of Washington," was born in that vicinity 

■ and died in 1*74. at the age of seventy-six. 

A full account of Dr. Honeyman 1- given in a volume entitled, 

"In Men Dr. John Honeyman," published in [874, from which 

of particulars is compiled and i<> which I refer 

■ in of facts. 

He was educated at Barnet Hall Academy, N'ew Germantown, 

lementing it with special instruction from the Rev. Ernest Haze- 

! the Lutheran church at that place, and in 1816 (after 

..ken charge of Mr. Hazelius' selecl school) was principal 

of the Academy, for one year. Desirious of entering college, he 

ted that at Middlebury, Vt., which he entered in the summer of 

1817, and was placed in the sophon His grandfather, John 

Honeyman, "The Spy," with whom he had spent considerable of his 

childh 1. agreed to pay hi- college expenses. He remained there, 

but three and one-half term-, owing to ill-health and too 

pplication i" hi- studies. He then decided to study medicine 

and : the task with Dr. William Johnson of Whitehouse. from 

■ 'her. 1822, lie entered the University of I'enn- 

attending the lectures there for two year-. 

In iK_>4 he began the practice of medicine at New Germantown, 

until his death in 1874, a period of exactly fifty years. 

In 1827 he v. dent "t" the Hunterdon County Medical Society. 

He ■ a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church of Lamington, 

. which position he held from 1855 until his death, and during 

which period he was also treasurer <>f the benevolent contri- 

>f the church. He was sent mice as a delegate From the 

beth \<> the General Assembly of the Presbyterian 

hich met at Peoria, 111. The only local "Mice he would ever 

tee, and, for a brief time, of superintended 

from his medical duties he found time 

ranee, in which subject he was deeply 

I, and in proving his deep religious faith by words of pri- 

Mthough he rarely wrote for publi- 

■ abilitu >hown in letter-, addresses 

posthumously. As illustrating the strength and 




HOX. JOHN VAN DYKE, 

New Jersey and Minnesota. 

Born 1807; d. 1878. (Pages 119, 222). 




HENRIETTA HONEYMAN 

(Mrs. John M. Wyckoff), 

LcRoy, Minn. 

Born 1830; living. ( Page 22$) _ 




JOHN HONEYMAN., M.D., 

New Germantown, N. J. 

Born 1798; d. 1874. (Pages 120, 221 I. 




MR. ROBERT M. HONEYMAN, 

New Germantown, N. J. 

Born 1800; .I. 1873. (Pages 121, 222). 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL I2I 

beauty of some of his poetical productions, the following is given as 
an example : 

"THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE. 
" No night in Heaven. The ways of God, His mysteries, 
Now dark and intricate, made clear as day. 
No pain nor sorrow there (no friends removed). No cloud 
Shadows the rapture of Heaven's deep tranquility ; 
No baffled plans, no disappointed hopes, 
But one rich tide of happiness shall ceaseless roll, 
And deepen as it rolls to all Eternity, 
No Tempter there lies wait t' entrap the sinful heart, 
Whose very nature now is perfect holiness. 
Man then will cease to do a dwarfish thing. 
Compared with tribes angelic, but equal made 
To Seraphim and Cherubim, will move among th' highest 
With powers as fast and energies as strong ; 
With page of Universal Truth spread out 
Before his gaze, no single line obscure. 
I see all sin and marks of sin effaced, 
And God's own image re-impressed upon 
The soul, infallibly secured against apostacy. 
Xo temple there, nor gorgeous cathedral I see, 
In which to worship God. Himself the Temple, 
Of Godhead built : its walls His attributes ; 
Its roof His Majesty : its gates composed 
Of His Eternity " 

He married Elizabeth Schureman Nevius, daughter of ludge Peter 
S. Nevius of near Franklin Park, Xew Jersey, and had four children. 

Mr. Robert M. Honeyman, of New Germantown, N. J. 

Another grandson of John Honeyman, 'The Spy of Washington," 
was Mr. Robert Miller Honeyman. a well known merchant of his 
native place, who was born near Xew Germantown in 1800, and 
died there in 1873. 

Mr. Honeyman was one of those careful, conservative, reliable 
merchants who always maintain the confidence of the community in 
which they live. Other merchants of his vicinity came and went, 
but he became the landmark of his village, and for over half a century 
"Robert Honeyman's store" was as well known as the town church, 
or academy. In 1841 he was township clerk of Tewksbury township; 
in 1844 was elected a justice of the peace; in 1852 was a coroner, but 
he was never ambitious for public office, and held positions solely to 
accommodate his neighbors. 

He was a trustee of the Lamington Presbyterian church (two 
miles distant and which he always attended), and President of its 
Board of Trustees for nearly forty years, and for the most of that 
period served as the church treasurer. 

His investments were most judicious, and his counsel was sought 
9 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

, that of any other man in the community. His 
in an invalid's chair, as the result of an attack 

Col. Robert R. Honeyman, of New Germantown, N. J. 

R. Honeyman, of N'ew Germantown, N. J., son of 

„,an. merchant, whose -ketch precedes this, was 

in that place in 1836, and died there in 1873, at the early age of 

thirtv-scven. 

• Honeyman in his youthful days studied the languages with 
VV. Blauvelt, D. IX. of Lamington, who stated to the writer 
that he v. markable scholar as to the rapidity and thon 

with which he committed his lessons. "1 told him one day," says 
,I R . j, thai I could not hear all he learned, and that he must 

no , it. His rapidity was that of the race horse." 

Here 1 liege, to which it was his desire to go, but, 

the way was not open for him, he settled down, in [860, in his 
nat i vc vin'; merchant with his father, the firm being R. M. 

1 [onevman & Son. 

When the War of the Rebellion broke out he decided 1- go to 
the front, and, on June 10, 1861, organized a company, known as the 
"Hunterdon Blues," consisting of forty-two men. and of which com- 
pany he was unanimously chosen Captain. This was a home guard, 
all of President Lincoln not havitij I to the men to be 

: t,, require them to go to the front. The company was 
drilled by him until Aug. 1. 1862, ah. mt which time the President. 
h a vii all for nine months troo] • • mi Honeyman en- 

I a company for that peri ..vice. This company, known 

inj V of the ;,ist X. J. Regiment of Volunteers, was mustered 
1 which time Captain Honeyman was promoted to 

the Major. 

of the month of September, the company was 
a t v on and in < Ictober was at the front. 

About the tirst of February following, Lieutenant Holl of the 

having resigned. Major Honeyman was promoted t" that 

hi- commission from Governor J. .el Parker, hearing date 

13th. A few weeks later. Col. A. P. Berthoud having become 

,mmand of the Regiment developed upon Lieutenant- 

mel I loneyman. 

•hi- period Adjutant Martin Wyckoff of the same Regiment. 
in writing about him subsequently, said: "While in command he per- 




COL. ROBERT R. HONEYMAN, NEW GERMANTOWN X J 
Born 1836; died 1873. , p ages I22> 229 ), 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL I2 

formed his duties with skill, and obtained and held the respect of the 
officers and men. He was uniform in his kindness and gentleness 

None were sick that did not receive his attention ; or, if in trouble of 
any kind, they were sure of his sympathy and material aid * * He 
was never ,„ robust health-often too feeble to perform military service 
and do justice to himself ; yet he forgot self in the performance of his 
* CS - ,, ™. e Seen llinl move ab0 "f the camp inspecting the quar- 
ters and looking after the sanitary condition of the Regiment, when 
he could with difficulty walk, and when he looked more like a shadow 
than a man g lr , for war. During the time he was in command I 
recollect his calling me in his ten,, and telling how badly he felt, how 
feeble he was getting, and how unfitted he was to remain at his post ■ 
vet unwilling to leave it in the absence of the Colonel, and express' 
ing a determination to stick to his station so long as strength re 



»amed to keep out of hospital. His strength as a commander was not 
m his military knowledge and experience, or in stolid, determinate 
will, but rather m kindness and love, expressed by gentle firmness in 
requiring performance of duty." 

The Thirty-first was at Tenallytown until Dec r> when ; t pr0 . 
ceeded to the lower Potomac, which it crossed Dec. 5> landing at Wia 
Creek where the Brigade was placed under the command of General 
latnek. In January. 1863. the Regiment was at Belle Plains Va 

Z2V t T 0i r hG Third BrJgade ° f the First Division of Re y : 

nods Flrs Army Corps. Then it participated in the discouraging 

mud march of the Rappahannock. It took part in the Spring am 

W of 186,. winch culminated i„ the disastrous battle of Chanc - 

k altho If 5 "°\ br °" ght int ° aCti0 " °" thC fidd " f Ch -e'lo- 
ville although ,n close proxtmity. I„ vari ous small engagements 

the Regiment proved its bravery, bu. was not engaged in any fierce 
general contests. 8 & l - nuCL 

The experiences of Col. Honeyman during the service of the ,ist 
Regiment were wntten down by him in a diary, which const tutes a 
most graphic narrative of the events It „-, " ; c ,, TlUes a 

i" "Our Home" in ,883. ,0 wh^h the Ur Ts^eCd "' ***** 

At the close of the term of service of the Thirty-first, Col Honev 
-an had the desire to re-enlist, and was commissioned by Gover nor 
Parker to command the Thirty-fifth X. J. Regiment, which ho, ( 
was reluctantly obliged to decline. He thereupon re-entered the 
mercantile business at New Germantown, remaining in it for two 
years, when he traveled through the West with a view to eneari JTn 
larger business operations. He finally decided ,0 maL St Tom f, 



|2 , THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

home. Here he entered in the steam laundry business with John K. 

tell, until November, 1872, when, his health again failing him, 

,ld out to his partner and returned to the East, tn [873 he 

member of the firm of Raphael & Honeyman, 70 Cortlandl 

• r the importation and manufacture of certain grocery 

alities! but in a few weeks he sickened of billious remittent fever, 

thus cut off short in the prime of his manhood. 

man was a man of handsome personal appearance, with 
black hair and eyes, straight, aquiline nose, -lark moustache, and chin 
whiskers, always courteous, dignified in demeanor and with great 
self., ,,.' He had a fine esthetic taste joined with solid mental 

culture. He contributed articl nail) to local newspapers, and 

published sketches of history and travel in "< >ur Home" magazine. 

Two of his sons, who were but lads when he died, have already 

shown ability in varying spheres of usefulness. One, Robert B. of 

klyn, is a most successful lawyer in Xew York City, and the 

other, Paul 1>.. also of Brooklyn, holds a responsible superintendency 

with the New Y<>rk Telephone I 

Rev. William E. Honeyman, of North Plainfield, N. J. 

Rev. William Edgar Honeyman, of North Plainfield, X. J., 
another son of Roberl Miller Honeyman, was bom at New German- 
s'. |., in 1839, and resides at North Plainfield, having reined 
active w.rk" in the ministry. Rev. Mr. Honeyman attended 
I at Barnet Hall Academy. Xew Germantown; studied the lan- 
1 Blauvelt, of Lamington ; graduated from Prince- 
l86l, and On entered Princeton Theological 

.m which he graduated, 1864; was licensed to preach by 

; Elizabeth in session at Perth Amboy, \pr. jj. [863, 

lined as an evangelist at Rockaway, X. J., Aug. 23, [865. 

churches at Perth Amboy, New 

. rville. X. ].. and Centreville, X. Y.. he became 

from Apr. 1865 to Apr. (866; was minister at 

Pa., from Sept. 1866 to ' Vt. [869, where he built a 

regation having previously worshipped in a 

then minister at Ashland, Pa., for one year. when, owing 

ble, he was obliged u< resign. 

f the 1 a-t being For him he decided \<< 

. and. in May, 1871, took charge of die Congregational 

ha. Minn., hut after two years resigned and went 

b] terian church at Longmoi fn Ma) . 




REV. WILLIAM E. HONEYMAN, NORTH PLAINFIELD, N. J. 
P»i>rn 1N39; living. (Pages 124, 229). 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 125 

1875, he went still farther west, to the Pacific coast, and after a year 
of rest at Santa Barbara, he removed to Napa, Cal., where for three 
years he had charge of a large Chinese Sunday school, a work which 
became exceedingly interesting to him. 

He returned to New Jersey in the fall of 1879, and has resided in 
North Plainfield since May, 1880. For several years he supplied vacant 
pulpits in Xew Jersey, hut the condition of his vocal organs ci im- 
pelled him thereafter to retire from all preaching . 

For many years he was the chairman of the Committee of Tem- 
perance in the Presbytery of Elizabeth, and also of the Synod of New 
Jersey, his reports being frequently published in tract form. For 
fifteen years, from 1890 to 1905, he was, first the President and then 
the secretary of the Board of Health of Xorth Plainfield Borough, in 
which position he proved himself peculiarly useful to the community. 

.Mrs. Harriet DeHart Honeyman, his wife, has also been active 
in religious work. She has long been a member, and for some years 
past a Vice-President, of the Woman's Presbyterian Home Missionary 
Society, whose headquarters is in Xew York City; and for twenty- 
three years has been the President of the Women's Synodical So- 
ciety of the Presbyterian Church of the Synod of New Jersey. 

Mr. A. Van Doren Honeyman, of North Plainfield, N. J. 

Mr. A. Van Doren Honeyman, of North Plainfield, X. J., was 
born in 1841) at New Germantown, Hunterdon County, X. ]., being 
the son of Dr. John Honeyman, a sketch of whom appears on a pre- 
ceding page. 

He was educated at Barnet Hall Academy in his native town, read 
law with Judge Henry D. Maxwell, of Easton, Pa.. i867-'7o; was 
admitted to the Northampton County bar, Nov. 25, 1870; removed to 
Somerville, N. J., the same year, entering the office of Hon. Alvah 
A. Clark ; was admitted to the Bar of New Jersey as an attorney in 
June, 1871. and as a counselor in February, 1875: practiced law with 
Mr. Clark, the firm name being Clark & Honeyman, i87i-'72 ; practiced 
alone and also in partnership with Henry B. Herr, the firm name 
being Honeyman & Herr, 1 S73-77 : retired from active practice Jan. 1, 

1876, in order to follow literary pursuits; became proprietor and editor 
of the "Somerset Gazette," Jan. I, 1876; merged it with the "Somer- 
set Unionist," and continued as chief owner, manager and editor of 
the "Unionist Gazette" from 1870 to [891 ; resided at Trenton. X. ).. 
i89i-'92, as owner and editor of the Trenton "Times" (daily); has 
resided in North Plainfield, N. T. since 1892. 



12 6 THE HON'EYM W FAMILY 

lie . of tla- Board of Chosen Freeholders "i" Somerset 

President of the Somerville Y~. M. C. A. [873 '75 
and 'it of the State Y. M C. V Convention, 1 S77 : 

her of tin- Board of Education of Somerville iSSVoi ; assistant- 
Senate i886-'89; Presidenl of the Somer- 
issociation iSjr .-77 : member of the Board of 
'ih Plainfield borough, [896-1905, and. in [904, was 
•he Board; was nominated for Mayor of North Plain- 
field borough on the Republican ticket in 1893; was a '-" Secretary of 
Somerville Water Company for a number of years; i- Vice- 
President of tlio Somerset Historical Society, and life member of the 
\*e\\ Jersey Historical Society. 

In 1886 Ik- began the Tours since known as Honeyman's Private 

Tours which have been continued ever since, >>n which Tours, n|> to 

July. 1908. there were registered -'1115 persons, with travel itineraries 

ring aboi 1 mile-. They have extended t" nearly all the 

the Union ami to Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica. Japan, 

;>t and every country in Europe, except Turkey. 

As author nr editor Mr. Honeyman has published: 1878, "Public 

Laws of N'ew Jersey, Abridged" (Author); 1878, "New Jersej Law 

Journal." continued until the present 1 1:908), .} 1 vols, t Editor) : [873, 

ditor) ; 1874, "In Memoriam — Dr. John Honeyman," 

'Treatise on the Court for the Trial of Small Causes 

in X. J ." (Author); 1S77. "The Danites and Other Selection- from 

the W'orl aquin Miller." (Editor); [882, Honeyman's Practice 

and nts," (Author); 1888, "Directory of the Bar of X. J.. 

"i Author); 1892, "Honeyman's Practice and Precedents, Revised," 

ithor); 1893, "The American Corporation Legal Manual." con- 

d until ion;. [3 vol-., (Editor); [895, "Coaching in Merrie 

and." 1 \uthori: 1896, "From England to Italy." (Editor); [897, 

in America to Russia," (Editor); [899, "From America to the 

.nine- \eviu- and Mi- Descendants," 

1 \ulhor) "Bright Days in Merrie England," (1902, second 

h edition 1. (Author); [904, "Bright Days in 

inds." 1 \uthor) ; [904, "Honeyman's Justice of the Peace." 

The Aztecs," 1 Author); 1005. "In Reindeer-land," 

'Admiral Paul Jones," 1 Author); 1005. "What \\ > 

Uithor 1 : 100;. " Vlfred tin « Ireat," 

■ I lolland of To I »a\ ." 1 Editor 1 : 1005. "I low 

Editor 1 : 1005. "The Peruvians," 

ditor 1 : 1905. "Earthquakes and Vol 




REV. MELVIN HONEYMAN, NEWARK, N. J. 
Horn 1852; living. ( Paycs 127, 234). 



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(Editor) ; 1908, "The Honeyman Family in Scotland and America," 
(Author) ; "The Van Doom Family in America," (Author). In addi- 
tion to the foregoing various lectures and addresses. 

In [873 he married Julia E., daughter of Augustine Reger. Esq,, 
of Somerville, X. J., and has two children. 

Mrs. Honeyman has been active for many years in mission work, 
and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Woman's Presby- 
terian Home Mission Board. 

Rev. Melvin Honeyman, of New Jersey. 

Rev. Melvin Honeyman was born at Peapack, X. J., in 1852, his 
father being Mr. Henry Honeyman. who became afterward one of 
the important grocers in X'ewark. 

He was a graduate from Princeton L'niversitv 1879; received his 
theological training at the general theological seminary, X. Y. City, 
1879-1881 : was made deacon of the Protestant Episcopal church by 
Bishop Spalding 1881 ; was advanced to Priesthood 1883. He built 
and organized three churches and a rectory at Alamosa, Lajura and 
Villa Grove, Colorado, in 1887; was rector of St. Paul's, Havana. X. 
Y.. 1888; assistant in Trinity, Pottsville, Pa., 1889; rector of Grace 
Church, Great Bend, Pa., 1893 : built and organized a church at Orange 
City, Fla., 1895; was in charge of the Church of the Holy Nativity, at 
Tiverton. R. I., 1897; built the rectory in Dunton, L. I., 1902, and be- 
came rector of St. Luke's Cedar Falls. la., in 1907, but almost at once 
resigned his charge and came east, and is living in Xewark. X. T. 

Dr. John C. Van Dyke, of New Brunswick, N. J. 

John Charles Van Dyke, L. H. D., author, art critic and art lect- 
urer, is the son of the late Justice John Van Dyke of the X T ew 
Jersey Supreme Court and a great-grandson of John Honeyman, the 
"Spy." He was born at Xew Brunswick. X. J., in 185O, and went with 
his parents to Wabasha, Minn., when twelve years of age. He sub- 
sequently returned to the East, studied law in Columbia College, and 
was admitted to the X. Y. Bar in 1877. The next year he was selected 
for librarian of Sage Library, New Brunswick, a position he has held 
ever since. 

Mr. Van Dyke studied after his admission to the Bar in various 
art centres in Europe, and has been there repeatedly, studying the 
work of the old masters, his inclination running strongly towards 
appreciation and criticism of the famous painters. This, together 
with subsequent studies, has made him a recognized art critic, and 



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the lectures he has delivered at the leading universities and colli 

izen year- have attracted an unusual amount 
lion and admiration. 

manj articles in magazines, like the "Ladies Home Jour- 
nal" and in encyclopedias, etc., he has published the following work-, 
all of them I immended for their originality and excellence: 

and How t" Use Them;" 1887, "Principles of Art;" 
"How t<> Indue a Picture" and "Notes mi tin- Sage Library;" 
■1 in America;" [893, "Art for Art's Sake:" [893, 
Meaning of Pictures;" 1894, "History of Painting;" [895, "Old 
h and Flemish Masters;" 1898, "Nature for its Own Sake:" 
1901, "The Desert;" 1902, "< >ld English Masters," and "Italian Paint- 
I Sea:" M1117. "Studies in Pictures;" \n^x. "The 
Money God." He has also been editor of the following publications: 
udio;" i887-'88 "The Art Review;" 1894, "College 
Histories of \rt ;" 1896, "Modern French Masters;" 1898, "Cellini's 
Memoirs; Histoiy of American Art." 

Mr. Van Dyke easily take- rank among the best of American 
authors. 

Mr. Theodore S. Van Dyke, of Daggett, California. 

Mr. Theodore S. Van Dyke, of Daggett, Cal., born 1842, i- a 

brother to the I >r. John C. Van Dyke just sketched. He was born at 

New Brunswick, X. J., and removed with his parent- to Wabasha, 

Minn., where he studied law and was admitted to practi e was 

to the Minnesota Legislature. In early life he developed a 

for hunting, especially deer, and he studied their habits closely 

in Wisconsin and other states. His knowledge of the habits "i" the 

was tir-t brought into prominence after some publication on the 

subject by the late Judge Caton, of Illinois, whose observations on 

the habits of that animal he criticised, in an amiable way, in some of 

journals. 

Mr. Van Dyke subsequent!} gave up the practice of the law and 

il., where lie became interested in the 

supply of water to the city of San Diego. He projected and aided 

eer the project with great success. He published 

in 1886 a volume on "Count) of San Diego; The Ital) of Southern 

Previoush and since he has been the author of popular 

and valuable wrk-. such a- "The Rifle, Rod and Gun in California," 

Still Hunter," "Millionaires of a I 1 Game Birds at Home," 



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He has been a prolific writer on similar subjects for "Forest and 
Stream," and other newspapers. His observations on animals and 
fishes have made him an authority upon hunting and fishing. 

Rev. Robert M. Honeyman, of Norristown, Pa 

Rev. Robert Martin Honeyman was born in 1863, upon a farm in 
Bedminster township, Somerset Co., N. J. After growing up, he 
engaged in the employment of the Pennsylvania K. R. Co., but, dis- 
playing talent as a public speaker, and being deeply religious, he 
determined I in 1892) to chose the field of Y. M. C. A. work for his 
labors, in order to arouse young men to lead better lives and to relig- 
ious activity. He was successful from the first, and in a short time 
qualified himself to become General Secretary of Young Men's Chris- 
tian Associations. As such he was located at Rahway, N. J., 1893-97; 
at Somerville, X. J., 1897-99; at the Rescue Mission, 153 Bowery, 
New York City, 1899-1903. Then he became Special Secretary in 
Y. M. C. A. work in Newark, X. J.. 1903-04. lie has been General 
Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Norristown, I 'a., from 1904 to the 
present time. 

In [896 he was taken under the care of the Elizabeth Presbytery 
and licensed to preach, ami continues to be a local evangelist in the 
Presbyterian church. Mr. Honeyman is an excellent speaker, per- 
suasive and effective, and is in great demand at religious services, 
especially those for young men. 



ill VPTER \ III. 

BIOGRAPHICAL- MISCELLANEOUS. 
Rev. Robert Honyman, of Staffordshire, England. 

There was a Rev. Roberl Honyman, of Staffordshire, England, 
of a generation earlier than Bishop Andrew of the < (rkneys, of whose 

ry I can give bill the briefest sketch. Withoul doubt he belonged 
to the Si-, itch family of the name. 

He is one of the earliest persons bearing the name which my 
researches have brought to light. 

He matriculated at Magdalen I ollege, Oxford, Nov. 17. 15N1. at 
tin- age of twenty-seven, and must, therefore, have Keen born about 
■554 He graduated from that College with the degree of I'.. \ on 
-■-•. 1584. and received the degree of M. A., fune 28, [587. In 
157'.. when twenty-two years of age, he was entered on the I Ixford 
roll a- a "clerk" to Magdalen College, which position he held for fort) 

. or until in .March. [616, when he died at the age of seventy one, 
and was buried in the College chapel, lie seems to have hern licensed 
to preach a! I Ixford. lie i- also entered on the college books a- earl\ 
as Aug. 1 1. 1587 a- the "College chaplain." his name then being spelled 
on the records "I loniman." 

I suspect, from hi- name, that this Robert was related to Bishop 
Andrew Honyman of the Orkneys, possibl) an uncle or great nude. 
Inn the proofs an- wanting; nor is ii certain thai he was married 

Mr. William Kneass, of Philadelphia. 

Mr. William Kneass, of Philadelphia, engraver of the United 

Mini, was born in 17X0. and married Mary Honeyman, daughter 

of William Honeyman of that city, and granddaughter of Samuel 

nan. who probably resided near Carlisle, England, lie received 

lion ai Philadelphia, and. after leaving school, learned 

engraving. On Jan 24, 1824 he was appointed en 

"i the I S. Mint and superintended the changes in the coinage, 

'lie gold ii [834 and 1838 and the silver coins of 

appointment he had an engraving office on Fourth 

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leading wits and men of culture, for which Philadelphia was then 
eminent. He was a member of the famous "Beef Steak Club," which 
numbered among its members Judge John K. Kane. Dr. R. M. Patter- 
son, William Strickland, John Struthers, Titian Peale, and other well 
known men of the day. Several copies of verses composed for various 
occasions, sung by the author, testify to Air. Kneass' keen sense of 
humor and good-fellowship. 

He was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute, the Musical 
Fund Society and the Academy of Natural Sciences. He died in 1840. 
aged sixty. Some of his noteworthy descendents are sketched next 
in order. 

Mr. Samuel H. Kneass, of Philadelphia. 

Mr. Samuel Honeyman Kneass. civil engineer, etc.. of Philadel- 
phia, was the son of William Kneass and Mary Honeyman of that city. 
He was one of those few civil engineers, who started in their profession 
with the first project of internal improvements in the state of Pennsyl- 
vania. In the year 1821, he entered the office of Mr. William Strickland, 
the then leading architect and civil engineer of the state, and with him 
assisted in the erection of several buildings that at present ornament 
the City of Philadelphia, among them the United States Bank, now 
occupied as the Custom House. 

One of his earliest attempts at architecture was the triumphal 
arch, erected from his design, at the time of Lafayette's visit in 1X24. 
the original drawing of which now hangs in Independence 1 fall. His 
inclinations, however, were for the duties devolving more especially 
upon the civil engineer; he, therefore, directed his attention to that 
branch, and was engaged at any early date in the field-work of improve- 
ments in charge of Mr. Strickland, among them the survey for the 
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. In 1825 he was appointed to accom- 
pany Mr. Strickland to England, under the auspices of the "Society for 
Promoting Internal Improvements" of Pennsylvania, for the purpose 
of examining anil reporting upon the public works of that country. 
All the drawings which accompanied this report were made by him. 
and were afterwards copied in the extensive work entitled "The Public 
Works of Great Britain," published in 1838 by Ji >hn Weale. of Lond< > 1 1 

After his return from England, he joined the corps organized by 
Mr. Strickland for the construction of the Susquehanna Division of 
the State Canal, and, as principal assistant engineer remained with him 
until 1828, when he was transferred to the Delaware Division with 
Air. Sergeant as Chief. 



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In iSjc, he lilt the service of the state and assumed charge, as 

the .Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad, from 

li he retired in r83i, to leave his native state and to commence the 

the first of the Western Railroads, the Lexing- 

rankfort; but he left this Read in 1832, to take the position 

of the Philadelphia & Trenton Railroad. Upon the 

rk, he again left Pennsylvania, and, in Louisiana, 

lie West Feliciana Railroad. Here, his health failing, he 

to the Philadelphia and Wilmington Railroad (a portion of 

the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad), at the same 

arg • • construction of the Delaware & Schuylkill 

il. The latter work was never completed. The former he finished 

and remained in the service of the Company until 1840. 

ited England, and examined, with care, the imp- 
ments in machinery and construction that had been made during the 
rval of his visits. Immediately after his return, he took charge 
of the surveys for the extension of the lower districts of the city of 
Philadelphia, then beyond municipal limits, which, with other work 
n for the city, occupied him until 1S4.?. From this time 
until 1845, during the time when the Railroad undertakings were, from 
financial state of the country, in an adverse condition, he was 
in various of the State in explorations and the exam- 

hal waited upon a favorable opportunity for 
lopment. In 1845 ne ' eit ''"' South America, as I '. S. Consul at 
ena, in New Grenada, and as contractor for the construction 
of a canal from Carthagena to the river Magdalena. In 1846 he 
returned, and took charge of the Wisconisco canal, over the Susque- 
:u Dauphin Co., I'a. \fter finishing this. , , r nearly so, 
For a sh,, rt time upon the Pennsylvania Central Rail- 
hut in 1848 he left this service to take a position upon the 
• : Railroad, between Ogdensburgh and Rouse's 

In 1849 he v. ! City Surveyor of Philadelphia, which 

until May, 1853, during which time he constructed the 

Schuylkill at Market Street, and arranged the 

that the Western Railroad could have a direct connection 

This 1, ridge was erected upon the site of the 

built that, notwithstanding it was 

■ d thoroughfares of the City of Philadelphia, yet 

interrupted one day during its construction. He 

hip of the City of Philadelphia in [853 




MARY HONEYMAN (MRS. WILLIAM KNEASS), PHILADELPHIA. 
Born 1785; died l8->6. (Pages 130, 204). 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL M5 

Air. Kneass commenced surveys and location of the Franklin and 
Warren Railroad in ( )hio, in charge of which he remained but a short 
time, as in 1854 he was appointed chief engineer of the Northwestern 
Railroad of Pennsylvania, extending from the Pennsylvania Railroad, 
al Blairsville, northwest, to the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad. 
This position he held at the time of his decease, which took place in 
Philadelphia, February, 1858. 

In professional acquirements Mr. Kneass held an enviable posi- 
tion among American Engineers, which, combined with his social 
qualities as a man and friend, gave him a reputation at once honorable 
and enduring. 

Mr. Strickland Kneass, of Philadelphia. 

Mr. Strickland Kneass, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, was horn 
in Philadelphia, July 29th, 1821. He was a son of the William Kneass 
previously sketched, and Mary Honeyman, both of Philadelphia, lie 
was educated chiefly at the Classical Academy of James P. Epsy, ami 
left to enter the house of T. Albert Haven & Co.. where he remained a 
year, and, as he intended to adopt civil engineering as a profession, 
was sent into the field of the surveys for the Delaware & Schuylkill 
canal, of which his eldest brother. Samuel H. was chief engineer. This 
work was, however, abandoned, after $300,000 had been spent upon it. 
He then became a student in the celebrated mathematical schools of 
Charles B. Trego ami Peter Stewart, after which he entered the field 
upon the surveys of the Philadelphia & Wilmington Railroad, his 
brother, above named, being chief engineer. 

On the completion of this road, he became a student of the 
"Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute," at Trov, N. Y., whence he gradu- 
ated in 1839 as Civil Engineer, taking the highest honor, besides a com- 
plimentary testimonial from Professor Eaton. He soon was made 
assistant engineer and topographer on the state surveys between Har- 
risburg and Pittsburg, looking forward to the construction of a 
railway between those two cities; but the times were not propitious 
to accomplish it. He next became draughtsman in the Naval Bureau 
of Engineering at Washington, and was afterwards employed by the 
British Commission in preparing the maps of the northeast boundary 
between the United States and the Provinces; ami subsequently by the 
United States Government on the general map of the boundary survey. 

In 1847, he was named by J. Edgar Thomson, Chief Engineer, as 
one of his assistants in conducting the explorations, etc., which resulted 
in the building of the Pennsylvania Railroad, where he was engaged 
not only in the surveys, but also in constructing that division of the 



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from Barre Forge to Tyrone, including nine- bridges and the 
. Mountain Tunnel. He was promoted t<> the ] ■■ >^i t i> >n of Chief 

■ r, and designed the lir-t shops and engine house 
• 1 by the Company at Altoona. 

It may be added that his powers were here severely tasked, as the 

if the road from Altoona to the summit of the Alleghanies 

of tin.- in- •- 1 difficult engineering feats of the day. In 1853 

ed t'> take the position of associate engineer of the Pennsyl- 

Railroad (North), whore he remained two years, leaving in 

ake the office, to which he had been elected, of chief engineer 

and surveyor of the newly consolidated city of Philadelphia. To thai 

t. .11 he was n three times, each for a term of five years. 

He here organized the Department of Surveys ami it- development, 

r his direction, may be regarded as one of the most valuable 

residts attained in the city. 

Of the various bridges that -pan the Schuylkill, those at South 
l and Chestnut Street are from his designs; the last named was 
the first of it- kind built in the country. 

lie was one of the first to encourage the project of city passenger 
railways, and has been chief engineer of many of these companies. 
lie was also the designer of the rail now principally in use all 

country, though he never applied for a patent. Governor Parker 
employed him in 1859 t>> ascertain the probable cost of completing the 
Sunbury and Erie Railroad. 

In 1862 during 1 .ee's Invasii »n, he was despatched ini< • the interior, 
and during his absence made an extended survey of the Susquehanna 
River, from Duncan's Island to Havre de He also as 

Prof. Bache in preparing topographical map- of the surroundings of 
Philadelphia, with a view to the location of f. >rt -. etc. In iNix, he 
ed cm the commission i" determine the boundary lin< 
■ I Pennsylvania and Delaware and. in 1871, made a survey and 

n the 1 ibility of improving Jones' Falls, Baltimore, so as 

• by freshets. 
lie resigned his position as city engineer, April i.'th. 1873, to 

■ as Assistant t<> the President of the Pennsyh 
Railroad and the Select and Common Councils passed a series of 

•limentary resolutions, as was alsn the case with the Boards of 
the Park and South Street B 1 ommission, etc. The 

public journals also attested t" the value of his services by numerous 
appreciatory notii 

At the time of his death he was president of ten railroads 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL , jc 

dated with the Pennsylvania system and a director in forty-four 
companies. 

He was an active member of the old Seventh Presbyterian church 

and president of the hoard of trustees from 1872 to [884. 

He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, Amer- 
ican Society of Civil Engineers, and Franklin Institute and Engineers' 
Club of Philadelphia, of which he was the president in 1881. lie was 
one of the early members of the Union League and for many years one 
of the directors. 

He married, in 1853, Margaretta Sybilla, granddaughter of Hon. 
Geo. Bryan, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 

Capt. Charles L. Kneass, of Philadelphia. 

Captain Charles Lombaert Kneass, of Philadelphia, was the son 
of Samuel Honeyman Kneass and grandson of William Kneass and 
Mary Honeyman. He was born in 1837. Pie was educated at the 
school of Thomas and James of Philadelphia, and left in 1852 to 
serve on an engineer corps of the Pennsylvania Central R. R. Two 
years later he entered the Scientific department of the Brown Univer- 
sity, where he took an active interest in all athletic sports, especially 
in Military Drill. In 1855 he entered the iron business in Philadelphia, 
but, at the breaking out of the war, closed his accounts at great per- 
sonal sacrifice, and ( April, 1861 ) entered the "Washington Greys," as 
Corporal. He was appointed Lieutenant of the iSth U. S. Infantry. 
May, 1861 and joined his regiment at Columbus, ( )hio, where he was 
made Port Adjutant. In 1862 he was advanced to the Captaincy, on 
account of meritorious services, and was killed at Murphreysboro at the 
head of his company, Dec. 31, 1862. 

In an account of the engagement in which he lost his life, the 
following appeared : "The regular brigade were ordered to lie down as 
the enemy was making sad havoc with shot and shell. The position 
was held for some time, when some of the officers said: 'Had we not 
better shelter ourselves?' Charles, with the characteristic spirit of the 
true soldier, replied: T will not seek cover until my men are sheltered.' 
Shortly after, the order was given to retreat, when Charles, going 
forward to obtain some knowledge of the situation, was shot. 'My God, 
I'm — ' he exclaimed, and, throwing his arm over his face, died 
instantly.' He was buried where he fell by the Confederates, but his 
body was later removed to Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia. 

His name is placed on the monument to the Washington Greys, 
erected in later years in Washington Square, Philadelphia. 



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Mr. Strickland L. Kneass, of Philadelphia. 

Mr. Strickland I. audi- Kneass, ■■!' Philadelphia, son of Strickland 
Kne; well-known mechanical engineer. Hi- grandparents were 

and Mary Honeyman. In his occupation he has fol- 
ivhat his father's footsteps, lie graduated from R 
. Philadelphia, in 1876 and from Rensselaer Polytechnic 
He then became engaged in mechai 
irks of William Seller- & Co., in Philadelphia, 
■ which he has been in general practice as a consulting 

- awarded the John Scott Legacy medal and premium 
us inventions by the Franklin Institute in 1900. lie is a 
member of the Franklin Institute, American Society of Mechanical l-'.n- 
\merican Railroad Master Mechanic-' Assn., and the (Jniver- 
• lubs; and i- a contributor to technical journals. 
Mr. Kneass has placed the author under mam- obligations by 
in various ways to perfeel his line of ancestry on the Honey- 
man side, having made much special research in this direction. 

Mr. Walter J. Honeyman, of Oregon. 

Mr. Walter lame- Honeyman, "f Portland, I iregon, merchant of 

high standing and much culture, was born at Springfield, Scotland, in 

He died while in his prime, greatly lamented, on June (., 1904 

Mr. Honeyman was educated at Madras College, Cupar, Fife, and 

in business in Dundee and Glasgow until [881, when he 

fed to I'. inland and was employed by the firm of Mien & Lewis 

lie then went into business fur himself, and before hi- 

death was the senior member of the linn of Honeyman & McBride, 

of woolens, trimmings, linen, etc.. hi- place ..f 

g at 195 Third St.. Portland, lie made annual visits to 

I it) for the purpose of purchasing goods and was consid- 

the mosl reliable merchant- of the West. 

hurch worker, being one .>t' the original members 
an church, of which he served a- nil 
iber .if He was also Pn of die Municipal 

E that city, lie died suddenly, ami hi- 1,.-- was keenly 
ll and church circle-. 
Mr. Honeyman visited the author of this 
■ 1 mure interest in hi- ancestry than any other Scotch- 
man with win mi the author ha- become acquainted. 

Miller Honeyman, was presidenl .if the 
I hri-tian Association of Portland and i- now presi- 




JOHN HONEYMAN, LL.l).. R.S.A., MINEWOOD, SCOTLAND. 
Burn 1831; living. (Pages 13;. iS.,i. 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL I37 

dent of the Executive Board of the State Y. W. C. A. As an active 
worker also in the Presbyterian church, she lias become well known 
throughout the denomination. 

John Honeyman, LL.D., of Minewood. 

John Honeyman, LL.D., K.S.A.. of Minewood, Bridge of Allan, 
Scotland, whose business career has been mostly passed at Glasgow, 
is one of the best known architects of Scotland, and an author of high 
repute on technical and humanitarian lines. He was born in Glasgow 
in 1831, and is still living at the ripe age of seventy-six. He is de- 
scended from Michael Honeyman, merchant, of Larbert, Sterlingshire. 

Dr. Honeyman was educated at Merchiston School, Glasgow Uni- 
versity. Early in life he became an architect, although he had entered 
the University with a view to qualifying for the pulpit. His appren- 
ticeship in the study of architecture was with Alexander .Monroe. 
From the outset he had a strong bias fur ecclesiastical architecture, and, 
therefore, traveled about England, studying the Cathedrals; afterward 
making visits to those of Continental cities. He then acquired a thor- 
ough knowledge of Scottish ecclesiastical structures, and obtained a 
widespread reputation in the restoration of many of the most important 
church buildings in that country. In 1889 he associated with him as 
partner John Keppie. who had already obtained a reputation as an 
assistant of the well-known James Sellers. 

\\ hen twenty-eight years of age. he took an active part in organ- 
izing the First Dumbartonshire Artillery, and held a commission in the 
corps for ten years, generally as Captain. He acted as member of the 
parish school board, and as a Governor of the Glasgow and West of 
Scotland Technical College. For seven years he acted on the Council 
of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was the first secretary, 
and was latterly the President, of the Glasgow Archaeological Society. 
and has officiated as President of the Glasgow Architectural Society, 
and of the Glasgow Institute of Architects. 

His first pamphlet, published in 1854. was on "The Age of the 
Glasgow Cathedral," since which time, on all matters connected with 
that Cathedral, he has been considered an expert. Subsequently he 
published "The Drainage of Glasgow," "The Dwellings of the Poor," 
"Trade-L T nionism— The Blight on English Industry and Commerce." 
"The Incidents of Taxation, Betterment, etc.," and has contribute.! 
papers to "The Transactions of the Royal Glasgow Philosophical 
Society," "The Royal Institute of British Architects," "The Royal 
Archaeological Institute," "The Sanitary Institute," "The Glasgow 
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Arcl rhe Society for Psychical Research," etc; 

ines and periodicals. 
lie was the inventor of the "double-eyed disconnecting drain trap" 
ex hil the first time in 1S5S. and now, with slight variations, 

in all civilized parts of the world. 

Royal Scottish Academy gave him. on Feb. 12. 1S96. the 
well-deserved honor of election to their Associateship. He received the 
: I.I. I), from Glasgow University in 1904. 
Among his principal architectural works may Ik- named Lansdowne 
Church, Si. Sila-' Church, and Trinity Conj nal Church, all in 

Free West Church, Greenock; Free Library and Museum, 
rgh Town Hall: ( Ibservatories at Glasgow and Pais- 
torations of Brechin Cathedral, Largo Parish 
Church, [ona Cathedral. Linlithgow Church. Abercorn Church, etc. 
He designed the marble floor, the carved oak benches, the communion 
. ami the reredos in Glasgow Cathedral. To hi- credit are innu- 
merable manses, churches, business premises and villa-. 

It i- a .ureal pity that his restoration of the Cathedral of fona, so 
famous in the connection of it- monastery with the early numerations 
ilumba, could not have been completed, owing to want of 
fun 

In connection with Mr. Keppie, the firm executed some large 
building commissions, such a- Anderson's College Medical School. 
en Margaret's College Anatomical School, and the buildings of the 
< ilasgow "I lerald." 

(n tl iw "Bailie," of Aug. 26, 1896, we find the following: 

"Personally, Mr. Honeyman is one of the quietest and leasl demonstra- 
tive of men. He i- no egotist— he never obtrudes himself; simply does 
hi- work, and the work tells. He i- a Strong man. with no parade of 
gth. Tl are not rolled Up to -how the muscles, hut the 

mil- there, and the blow comes — and well directed too! Mr. 

Honeyman i- absolutely devoid of affectation. The record of such a 
life a- hi- cannot he told in a few words." 

Mr. Honeyman i- now retired from active work, owing to partial 
blindness. By special request made to him he has permitted his photo 
given a place in this work. 

Mr. Michael Honeyman, of Glasgow. 

Mr. Michael Honeyman, of ;<> Hamilton Drive, Glasgow, 5 
land, horn 1825, who is still quiti ius at eight) -three years of age, 

fohn Honeyman of the preceding -ketch. He was 



an: 



HISTORICAL AXD BIOGRAPHICAL I39 

for many years a professional accountant in Glasgow, being senior of 
the firm of Honeyman & Drummond. He is now retired from active 
business on account of age, but continues to devote a large portion of 
his time to the religious and charitable institutions of his city. 

In 1874 the writer called upon Mr. Honeyman, and found him to 
be a Christian gentleman of marked intelligence and divers gifts. His 
religious character prominently appeared, but withal he was modest 
and thoroughly whole-hearted. By request a recent photograph has 
been obtained of him, and appears upon another page. In this the 
Honeyman face is striking. 

Mr. Honeyman is the author of various religious tracts which 
show a minute knowledge of the Scriptures. One of them, which has 
attained to a third edition, is entitled "Handy Weapons from the 
Great Armoury." and is intended to be conveniently carried within the 
leaves of a pocket Bible. 

Mr. William C. Honeyman, of Newport. 

One of the best known authors of the present day in Scotland, 

a most successful violinist and musical composer, is William 
Crawford Honeyman, of Cremona Villa, Newport, Fife. 

He was born in 1845, and is descended from George Honeyman, 
farmer and linen weaver, of near Largo, Fife. 

Mr. Honeyman is a proficient and skilful player upon the violin, 
and is the author of various works upon that instrument, which have 
obtained a large circulation in Scotland and England. ( >ne work. "The 
Violin, How to Master It" ( 1879) had gone through eighteen editions 
up to a year or so since. The Edinburgh "Scotsman" said of it : "Full 
of shrewd practical advise and instruction. The author has contrived 
to make his work readable and interesting as well as instructive." All 
other reviews of it speak in the same high terms, as of a book "which 
will be greatly relished by violin players everywhere;" as "wonderful, 
well packed, comprehensive and thoroughly practical;" and as "violin- 
teaching by one whose understanding of the instrument is as nearly as 
possible perfect." 

Others of similar works are : "The Young Violinist's Tutor." "Scot- 
tish Violin Makers, Past and Present," "The Secrets of Violin Plavinp" 
(1885). & 

Mr. Honeyman comes honestly of his musical bent, his mother 
being the second daughter of Mr. Adam Crawford, of Edinburgh, 
author of "O. wha hasna' heard o' the Toon o' Dunkel ?" "All Hallow 



o 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

■ul poems : also various articles 
in n< and magazii 

In addition to his musical work he has been fiction editor of the 
lournal." and contributed a series of beautiful stories under 
the title Real Life" to the "People's Friend," with 

which In- became permanently connected in 1872. 

In fiction, among his I ks are the following: "Brought to Bay," 

••Hi,: 1 !i." "Romantic Stories of Stage and Ring," "Luckless 

I'irlie." "Sti ' lues," "Traced and Tracked," Solved Mys- 

tc, many of them running through a large number of editions. 

A recent list of hi- publications indicates that up t<> [899 he had 

published fifty-nine works, chiefly a- serials, seventeen of which had 

n published in book form. 

He i- a methodical worker, writing hi- stories at his Cremona 

Villa One <<i the Scotch newspapers says of him: "The man whose 

work ha- entertained thousands "t' readers ha- n" pride about him 

ami he hate- all -ham-." 

Miss Liza Honeyman, of Newport. 

Mi- Li/a Honeyman, of Newport, Fife, Scotland, i- a daughter 
of the William Crawford Honeyman of the preceding -ketch, ami was 
horn in Edinburgh. She i- a solo-violinist of great repute. She began 
the study of the violin at the age of live, and made her first appearance 
■ :-t at the age of -even, when it i- said of her that -he played 
her solo "with a truthfulness of intonation ami an amount of expres- 
sion that were altogether beyond what might 1" I from a girl 
of hi At the age of fourteen -he entered the Royal College 
of Music, London, a- a student, continuing there for -i\ year-, her 
violin masters being Alfred Burnett, R. A.M.. and Professor Gompertz. 
the violin which wa- made at Cremona in the year 174J by 
'■h Guarneriu? (del Jesu), and which was pronounced 1>\ Sivori 
aninni'- only pupil) to he "thi i violin in the world." 
In newspaper accounts of her performances in London and in Scotland 
have -tated that "her execution wa- faultless," and "beyond 
all criticism;" and that she played "with grace and sweetness." Said 
rnal : "In her hand- the violin i-. indeed, a charming instru- 
Hcr playing i- a triumph of manipulated skill and artistic 

Mr. I homns J. Honeyman, of London. 

Mr Hionias John Honeyman, of London, who was probably horn 

of Henry Honeyman and (supposed) Jane 




MR. W. CRAWFORD HONEYMAN, 

Newport, Scut. 
Born 1845; living. (Pages 139, 163). 




.MISS LIZA HONEYMAN, 

Newport, Scot. 

Living. (Pages 140, 164). 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 141 

Johnson. His ancestors were from Fife or Forfarshire, Scotland- 
He engaged in early life in business in London as an engraver on wood 
and copper. Having an unfortunate partner, he subsequently became 
manager of a first-class printing business, conducted by Charles Rich- 
ards in St. Martin's lane. On the death of Mr. Richards, the business 
fell into the hands of his nephew, Thomas Richards, under whom he 
continued to be manager from 1851 until 1870. when Thomas J. died. 
The business was at 37 Great Queen St., and during the period named 
many important works were printed, including scientific proceedings, 
and books on archaeology, folklore, travel and medicine. They in- 
cluded all the works of the Hakluyt Society, Percy Society. Cambrian 
Archaeological Association, British Archaeological Association, Epi- 
demiological society of London, and valuable Shakesperian editions of 
J. Payne Collier, and other books of lasting reputation. 

Among numerous important journals, printed by him, the leading 
one, perhaps, was the "British Medical Journal." a journal of the 
British Medical Association. This latter Mr. Honeyman published as 
a separate undertaking from 1853 to 1866. During this same period 
he was treasurer of the subscriptions of the members of the Associa- 
tion. To-day the British Medical Association is the largest medical 
organization in England, and the "Medical Journal" is the most im- 
portant of its kind in the British Empire. 

Thomas J. Honeyman was highly esteemed, and held the freedom 
of the city of London through the Worshipful Company of Stationers, 
the record to this effect being dated June 8, 1819. He was a person of 
mild temperament, a lover of children and of birds, taking with the 
latter much pains and devoting to them a room in his home, where 
he had as many as thirty-five different species. He died in 1870. Me 
and his wife, Hepzibah Nichols, were buried at West I lam Cemetery, 
Forest Gate, London, E. Five out of six of his sons attained manhood, 
and four out of five daughters womanhood. 

Mr. James N. Honeyman, of London. 

Mr. James Xichols Honeyman, of London, son of the Mr. Thomas 
J. Honeyman of the preceding sketch, was born in London in 1825. 
and was from the earliest connected with the printing and binding of 
books. His first employment was with the celebrated firm of Parkers, 
Lond & Osfood, publishers. Thereafter he started business in book- 
binding, and bound many of the scientific works printed under his 
father's management. The business is continued to this day at the 
same place, at t,j Great Queen St., for the benefit of his widow. 



, 4 2 Till 1 KINKY MAN FAMILY 

When fames Nichols Honeyman died at the age of seventy-seven 
he had been in the service of the l!riti-h Medical Association in < >n<-- 
capacity <*r another for half a century, his connection with it beginning 
in 1853, when his father became the publisher of the "British Medical 
Journal." From [853 to 1878 he was responsible for the folding, 
stamping and posting of the "Journal," and to the end of hi- life he 
taker of the London offices of the Association, first, al Great 

n St., and then on the Strand. 

In the "Journal" for September j'>. 1903, p. 780, in an obituary 
notice of him, it was -aid: "Of Mr. Honeyman it may truly he -aid 
that he dicl tin- w^rk which lu- had to do with his might and with his 
In-art. Till a short time ago, though lie knew that the hand of death 

upon him. he was at hi- post early and late, lie was held in the 
liighi or the simplicity and integrity of his character by 

all who knew him. and b_\ the many officers of the Association with 
whom he can ■ 1 tact during hi- long period of service he was 

held in special regard for his amiable and obliging disposition." 

Mr. Honeyman, following of hi. father, also became 

die city of London, through the Worshipful Compan) of 
Stationer-, on N'o\ 2, [869. He died in 1903 

Mr. J. F. Spencer Honeyman, of London. 

Mr. laii' rick Spencer Honeyman, -on of the Mr. [ames 

X. 1 lontymai horn in London in 1 

and wa- educated a! the Rirkbeck School and tl 1 of the Sta 

I ompany, city of London, and fulh served hi- time at the 

of I kbinding with hi- father, lie later competed for an as 

ant examinership in bookbinding at Her Majesty's Stationery office. 
the examinatii g open to all England, and came second "ii the 

for an appointment. 

In 1888 he was recpiested by Mr. Ernest Mart. 1 if the 

"Kriti-h Medical Journal," to undertake the work of forming a medical 
ml he ha- been librarian of the Association ever since. In 
tin- work he ha- shown unusual capacity, and ha- achieved a reputation 
which ha- had the special approval of the well known Dr. George 
( iould, of Philadelphia. 



PART II 

GENEALOGICAL 

IX. Line of Bishop Honyman, of the Orkneys. 

X. Some Miscellaneous Scotch Lines. 

XI. Line of Samuel, of England. 

XII. Line of John, " The Spy," of New Jersey. 

XIII. Line of Charles, of West Virginia. 

XIV. Line of Nicholas, of Boston. 

XV. Line of Sarah, of Missouri. 



CHAPTER IX. 

LINE OF BISHOP HONYMAN. 

Descendants of John Honyman, of St. Andrews. 
(Includes a line of Bishop Andrew Honyman of the Orkneys to the present time). 

In the register of Fifeshire Sasines there is a recorded instru- 
ment of Feb. 9, 1663, of "Andrew Honeyman, archdean of St. 
Andrews," as heir of his grandfather, John Honeyman, in an acre of 
the priory of St. Andrews. This Andrew was Bishop of the Orkneys. 
From this paper, and this alone, we reach a Sixteenth century be- 
ginning to the noted line of Honymans in Scotland, of which Bishop 
Andrew Honyman and his three ministerial brothers were conspicuous 
members, and which line embraces the descendants of Sir William 
Honyman, Bart., who sat on the Scottish bench as Lord Armadale., 
As Bishop Andrew Honyman and brothers and their immediate de- 
scendants used the name "Honyman," all the names of this family, 
except where there is proof of a different spelling, are so given below. 

This John Honeyman was probably the "John Hunniman," (as 
the draughtsman of his testament wrote it), baker and citizen of St. 
Andrews, who died Mar. 17. 1614, anil whose will was proved June 7, 
1616. If so, he is the same who was "apprenticed to the bakers of 
St. Andrews," in 1584, and in that case- his wife was Helen Hender- 
son. As gathered from his will, this John had at least four children: 
an eldest son (not named, but David, if my belief in the father's 
identity is correct) ; Robert; Alison, a daughter; and Andrew. 

A synopsis of the will of this "John Hunniman" will be found in 
Part III in this work, under the heading "Abstracts of Some Scutch 
Testaments." 

The two sons mentioned, Robert and Andrew, appear as witnesses 
to various baptisms in St. Andrews during the next thirty to forty 
years, but I am not always certain of their identity, owing to the fre- 
quency of that name in various 1 lonvnian and Honeyman families at 
St. Andrews. 

Because of the prevalence of the name Andrew in John's imme- 
diate descendants, 1 have been led to suppose that this line goes back 
to the oldest recorded person of the family name in Scotland, viz., 



M" THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

to Andrew "Hunyman" of Over Caryne, Fife, whose will of 1549 is 
recorded. 

We only know of David Honyman, son of the Mm above named, 
that In- i- always referred in as "of Pitlairchney (or Pitairchney)i 
Laker in St. Andrews." He seems to have been born, or at one time 
led, in Pitlairchney, which was a small place east of the Falk- 
land hills an.l nearly ,1m- west of Si. Andrews. I Ik father's busi- 
ness, that of baker, was transmitted from father to son for nine 
enerations, there being only recently in St. Andrews a baker 
claiming lineal descent from John and lineal successorship in the 
baker busim 

The name <>i David'- wife is nowhere stated, but it was prob 
ably Margaret, or Elizabeth, to judge from these names recurring in 
the families of hi- immediate descendants. 

The order of the births of David's children cannot be given with 
Tli,' following enumeration gives the known . and 

then the daughters, hut there may also have been other childn 

1,1 referi •'-<• spelling of the name in this family, it is 

liark «l dial David Honyman is always so spelled in refer- 
ences to him. but perhaps that form of spelling was adopted by his 
u'ldren. Hi- descendants generally, bufnot always, so spelled the 
name dm - ext century, as do some of them al the presenl time. 

I conjecture that an Andrew Honyman, brother to David, was 
the Andrew who, in 1647 and [649, was a witness to baptisms of 
children of Bishop Andrew Honyman, and who married Elspet Short. 
His children were James, David and Thomas (see Part III. under 
Andrews' Parish Baptisms"), but, because of tin 1 aint} of 

it. his line is not carried down in this Chapter. 

The known children of David Honyman of Pitlairchney were the 
following : 

fRev.) Andrew, A. M.. Bishop of the Orkneys; b. al St 
Andrews. 1611 • Kirkwall. Feb. 21, 1676, "in his 57th year;" 

1 ' >. ;-•. Eupham fdau. of Samuel Cunninghame, minis- 

' Perrypi 1 raig), who d. Mar 27, [668, al Kirkwall; (2) 

Mary Stewart, of Graemsay, descendant of lame- V., and. tl 

he Royal Stuart family. She was a -rand daughter of I arl 
was beheaded for high treason al Edinburgh, 
II particular- of Bishop Andrew and his family, 
' ' apt< r II; for ch., see infrj 

R°'" «t. V M . D. D. al one time Regenl of St. 
Amln ' Sl Vndrews, faboul 1 1624; d there, March. 1 686, aged 



GENEALOGICAL , 47 

sixty-two; m. (about) 1652, (1) Nicholas Livingston; (2) June 17, 
1659, Cecil Carmichael (dan. of Rev. Frederick Carmichael of Mark- 
inch), who survived until about 1707. when her will was proved. 
(For full particulars of Rev. Robert and his family, see Part I.. 
Chapter III. He had seventeen children, for whom see infra). 

3. (Rev) James, A. M., of Kinneff, Bervie, Kincardinshire, b. 
1629; d. May 25, [693, "aged sixty-four:" in. May, 1671, Mary Leask, 
of Maryculter. Many of his descendants spelled their names "Honey- 
man," but his brothers and their immediate descendants usually kept 
to "Honyman," (For particulars of Rev. James and his family see 
Part I.. Chapter 111 ; for eh., see infra). 

4. (Rev. ) George, A. M., of the ( (rkneys, etc., b. at St. Andrews 
(perhaps about 1040): d. (after 1730), perhaps at Craill, Fife; m. 

I 1 ) Apr. 26. 1676, Beatrice Craig; (2) Apr. 27. 1082. Beatrice Pear- 
son. Both marriages were at Edinburgh. ( For particulars of Rev. 
George, see Part L, Chapter III ; for eh., see infra ). 

5. Thomas. We only know of him from a paper, dated June 
20, 16(14, concerning Bishop Andrew, where he is spoken of by the 
Bishop as "our brother." (See Craven's "History of the Church in 
Orkney," p. 25 ). 

6. Bessie, who m. Ninian Flooker, at one time dean of the 
Guild of St. Andrews University. Her will was probated June 30, 
[682. Ninian Flooker is also referred to in the will of Bessie's 
brother. Rev. Dr. Robert Honyman, where he is stated to lie his 
"brother-in-law." 

7. A daughter, .who m. George Gullan, a writer in Edinburgh, 
who is referred to in the last paragraph of the will above mentioned, 
as "my brother-in-law." 

Children of Bishop Andrew Honyman (i) \nd Eupham Cun- 
ningham E : 

8. John, hap. June 21. l<>43. at St. Andrews; d. young. 

9. Robert, Commissary of the Orkneys, of Kirkwall, bap. at 
St. Andrews, June 2. 1045; d. Dec, 1670, probably in Kirkwall; m. 
Margaret Graham (doubtless a granddaughter of Bishop Graham of 
the Orkneys). For full particulars of Robert, see Part 1. Chapter 

II ; for ch.. see infra). 

10. Ei.spet (Elizabeth), bap. at St. Andrews. Apr. 27, 1647; m - 
(probably) John Murray, a writer in Edinburgh, who was appointed 
sheriff-clerk of the Orkneys, June 1. [665. Said to have had a son, 
Andrew, bap. at Kirkwall, April, 1666. 



14 s THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

ii. Margaret, bap. Apr. i. [649 at St. Andrews; died (b< 
1656 

'-'• Eupham (twin with Mai bap. at St. Andrews, \|>r 

1. 1649; d. i before 1652 1. 

13. Eupham (2nd), bap. at St. Andrew-. Feb. 8, 1652; d. as 
"Lady Breakness," in the Fall of 1686; m., Apr. 9, [669, at Edin- 

h, Harry Graham, son of John Grahame and Margaret Stewart. 
of Breakness 1 For accounl of Marry Graham see I 'art !. Chapter 
1 1 ; for ch., see intra I. 

14- Anna. bap. at St. Andrews, May 30, 1654; d. (before H 

15. Margarei (2nd), bap. at St. Andrew-. Feb. _>i. 1656; d. 
in the Orkney- Ma) 3, 1689; in.. Nov. 27, 1673, by Rev. James 
Wallace, at Kirkwall. Orkney. Sir William Craigie of Gairsa) 
"t Hugh Craigie of Graemsay), a member of Parliament in 1681 and 
[689, and knighted in 1690. He m. (2) Anna Grahame, wid. of 
John Buchanan of Soundsyde, who d. Apr. 21, 1692. 1 For particulars 
of him, see Pari [..Chapter [I.; for ch., see infr; 

(2nd), bap. at St. Andrew-. Apr. 13, [658 

Child of Bishop Vndrew Honyman i i i and Mary Stewart: 

T Roberi (2nd), bom (about) [670; died 1747:111. (about) 
1690, Cecilia Graham, said to have been a daughter of Harry Graham, 
and if -.. his cousin. For reasons not now known he was named 
Robert, although Bishop Honyman had an older son, Robert, then 
living. (For particular- of him, see Part I.. Chapter II. He had 
fifteen children, for whom see infra 1. 

Children of Rev. Roberi Honyman, D. I). 1 _> 1 and Nicholas 

Livings! 

18 Ni as (daughter), bap., at St. Vndrews, Mar 29,1653; 

d. (before 1686, because not mentioned in father'- will). At her 
baptism Bishop Andrew Honyman was a witness. 

"' Magdalen, b. (about) [656; d. (before n>si,. because not 
mentioned in her father- will). 

Children of Rev. Robert Honyman. d.D. (2) vnd Cecil Cah- 
michai 

Frederick, b. (about) 1660; d. (before [686, because not 
mentioned in his father'- will 1. 

Andrew, b. (about) 1662; d. Feb t8, 1664, al Cupar (as 
ir record 

11 June 1-'. 1664, al < upar, and hap. there; d. there 



GENEALOGICAL , ,,, 

"of a fever," July i, 1675 (as per Cupar records, which speak of 
her as "a young lass, eleven years of age" |. 

23. Robert, bap. at Cupar, Fife, Sept. 2, 1666. 

24. Anna, bap. at Cupar, Nov. 29, 1667; d. there, June. [669 
(Cupar records say, "buried June 24"). 

25. Andrew (2nd), bap. May 16. 1669, at Cupar; d. Dec. 11.72. 
(Cupar records say, "buried Dec. 17"). 

26. Eupham, b. Mar. 23, 1(171, at Cupar, and bap. there; d. 
(about 1698); m. Henry Malcolm, of St. Andrews. Her will was 
proved Mar. 17, 1698, at St. Andrews. 

2-]. Cecil, bap. at Cupar, Apr. 5, 1072; d. there Aug., [676. 
( Cupar records say, "buried Aug. 17"). 

28. Margaret, b. at Cupar, Mar. 19, 1674; mentioned in father's 
will of 1686. 

29. Mary, mentioned in father'-, will of 1686. 

Children of Rev. James Honyman (3) and Mary Leask : 

30. (Rev.) Andrew, of Kinneff, Forfarshire, bap. May 1, 1672, 
at Kinneff; d. there Dec. 30, 1732 in his 61st year; m. Helen Raitt 
of Finlayston, the marriage being "proclaimed" Sept. fi, 1702 at Kin- 
neff. (For particulars of him, see Part I., Chapter III; for eh., see 
infra ). 

31. (Rev.) James, of Newport, R. I., b. at Kinneff, 1075; d. at 
Newport. July 2, 1750, aged 75 years; m. ( 1 ). about 1705, Elizabeth 
Carr (dau. of Robert Carr and Elizabeth Lawton), who was b. [690, 
and d. Feb. 28. 1737; 12) Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, (dau. of Gov. 
ernor John Cranston and Mary Clark), widow of Captain John Brown, 
who died Jan. 3. 1756, aged sixty-five years. (For particulars of 
him. see Part I.. Chapter IV ; for ch., see infra ). 

32. Alexander. 

33. Robert. 

34. Cecil. 

35. (A daughter). 

(Order of foregoing not certain ). 

Children of Rev. George Honyman (4) and Beatrice Pearson: 

36. Eliza. 

IJ. George, bap. Mar. 2J, 1685, at Edinburgh. 

38. Janet. 

39. Katherine. 

40. John. 



,;,, THE HONEYMAN FAM1I A 

There may have been others. The children were probably born at 
Livingstone and Craill. It is ii"t certain whether all children wen.- 1>\ 
ice Pearson, a> lie had a previous wife. 

Children of Robert Honyman (9) and Margarei Graham: 

41. Andrew, bap. at Kirkwall Apr. 24, [674; probably died be- 
fore 1714. 

4_>. Euph \n, bap. at Kirkwall. June -'5. 1 « >~5 . 

43. Robert, of Kirkwall, bap. there June 30, 1676; died (about) 
at sea: married (wife unknown). He was sheriff of Orkney 

in 172 . ..in- .if his sons, Peter, appears b) any record I have 

ainl of him there i- no special information. < For particulars 
Part I. ('hap. [II). 

44. HaRRY, hap. at Kirkwall. Oct. 4. [677; spelled "Marie" on 
rds. 

45. Margaret, bap. at Kirkwall. Aug. 5. 1679. 
There may have been others. 

Children of Harry Graham and Eupham Honyman i 3 
1 1 1. Anna Graham, l>ap. in the Orkneys, < let. 14. [671. 
Andrew < Iraham, hap. in the ( >rkneys, [673. 
Margaret Graham, who m. William Liddell. William 
Liddell was a son of Georg I, of Hammer, and Elizabeth Traill. 

of Holland. They resided at Kirkwall in a house previously occupied 
by Rev. James Wallace, a minister in St. Magnus Cathedral. They 
had a daughter Elspeth, who married William Traill, who had a son 
Thomas, merchant. Councilor and Provosl of Kirkwall, who married 
lv 'hina < irant. 

141. Cecilia Graham, who m. Robert Honyman, her cousin. 
Robert, 17 I 
There were probably others. 

tni' Sir William Craigi 1 vnd Margarei Honyman (15): 

William Cra David Craigie of Gairrie. lie 

1741. when James Honyman (54) was his factor, as 

appears in a record in Edinburgh. (3). Andrew Craigie; 14). 

Hugh Crak = Henry Craigie; (6) Margaret Craigie; 

1 R VIGIE. 

ain I. 



GENEALOGICAL I51 

Children of Robert Honvman (17) and Cecilia Graham: 

47. Andrew, b. (perhaps about 1692) ; d. young. 

48. Robert, b. (perhaps about 1694) ; d. before 1716. 

49. Eupiian, b. (perhaps about 1696 ). 

50. Margaret, b. (perhaps about (698) ; m., Aug. 15, 1726, Wil- 
liam Halcro, Jr., of Coubister. (For ch., see infra). 

51. Andrew (2nd), b. (perhaps about 1701 ). 

52. Anne, b. (perhaps about 1703). 

53. William, born (perhaps about 170O); died June 30, 1758, 
by drowning in the Pentland Firth; 111. Mary Graham (dau. of Fat- 
rick Graham, Esquire, of Graham 1 [all, < )rkneys, a descendant of 
Bishop Andrew Grahame of the Orkneys and Margaret Sinclair). 
William was a lawyer and quite a man in his day, inheriting his 
father's estates in the Orkneys, probably residing at Clestrain Hall; as 
to which see under his son Patrick (y$). He is referred to a< "Sir 
William Honyman" by Peterkin in his "Notes on Orkney and Zet- 
land" (Edinburgh 1822), and it is evident that his position in the 
Orkneys was a high one. I have not been able, however, to obtain 
any sketch of his career. He was a large handowner in ( )rkney, and 
was, presumably, heir to the estates of Graemsay. He had at least 
twelve children, (for whom, see infra). 

54. James, b. at Orphir, Orkneys, Nov. 6, 1709. (For ch.. see 
infra). 

55. Patrick, bap. Aug. 26, 171 1, at Orphir. 

56. Christian (daughter), bap. July 1, 1713 at Orphir. 

57. Robert (2nd |, b. in the parish of Orphir, July it, 1716. 

58. Cecilia, bap. in the parish of Orphir, Dec. 17, 1717; m., in 
Stromness, Orkney, Sept. 23, 1742, Alexander Graham, merchant of 
that place. 

59. George, b. (about) 17 19. 

60. Marjorie, bap. in the parish of Orphir. June 12, 1721. 
David Craigie, of Gairsay, present as a witness, and "Margaret Doug- 
lass, his lady." 

61. Harrie, b. (about) 1723. 

Children of Rev. Andrew Honyman (30) and Helen Raitt : 

62. (Rev.) James, of Kinneff. Forfarshire, bap. July 4. 1703, 
at Kinneff; d. there Jan. 6, 1780, in his 77th year; m., Apr. 11, 1738. 
Katherine Allardyce (dau. of John Allardyce, Esq.. Provost of Aber- 
deen ; name then usually written Allardes), who died October, 1772. 
(For particulars of him, see Part L, Chapter III ; for ch., see infra ). 



!;-' THE Hi IXEYM \\" FAMILY 

bap. at Kinneff, Nov. 14, 1704. 
62b. Anne, bap. at Kinneff. June 2, 1706; m., June 30, 1736, 
Robert Bruce, minister of Kintore. 

Andrew, bap. at Kinneff, Mar. 8, 1; 

k.u 111. 1.. bap. at Kinneff, < >ct. 5. 17m. The banns of her 
proposed marriage to Rev. David I » e, of Dunnottar, were pro- 
claimed at Kinneff Feb. _'_». 1736, but his death a few days later pn 
vented the marriage. She probably married, later. Rev. William 
Elphinstone, minister of Logie, who was perhaps a descendant 
Lord Elphinstone. 

John, bap. al Kinneff, Nov. 15, 1713. 
<>_>f. William, bap. at Kinneff. Dec 22, [716 



Childri R v. James Honyman (31) ami Elizabeth (.'akk: 

63. James, of Newport, bap. Kpril 9, [710; d. Feb. 15, 1778; m., 
Sept 23, 1731, Elizabeth Goulding (dau. of George Goulding and 
Mary Scott), who was b. July in. 1713 and d. Nov. 8, 177". lie 

te his name "Honeyman." 1 For account of him as Attorney-Gen- 
eral of Rhode Island, etc., see Part I.. Chapter V; for eh., see infra 1. 

64. Elizabeth, of Newport, bap. Aug. 24, 1712; d. Jul) 21, 
1736; 111.. Sept. 23, [731, William Mumford, merchant of Smith 
Kingston, R. I. Dean Berkeley married them in Trinity church. Her 
tombstone in the Trinity churchyard, restored by the vestry in 1865, 
reads: "In memory of Elizabeth, wife of Wm. Mumford and only 
daughter of Rev. James Honeyman. Died Jul) 21st, 1736. \; 

irs, 11 months." William Mumford subsequently married, but 
the name of his wife I have not learned. Mr. Mumford had hem 
an active officer in the Colonial War-, having command of Fort < .• 
in J 75' ' and also in 1759 1 For ch., see infra 1 
. bap. July 14. 1717 ; d. young. 
Frax< is. of Newport, hap. Sept. 20, 1719; d, Jan. 20, 1764; 
m. 1 name of wife unknown), lli- widow died July, 1790. Shi 
sided during the Revolution on High St., in a house she then owned. 
67 Vmos, bap. June 2, 1723; d. young, 
bap. June 2, 1723 ; d. young. 
John. bap. July 11. 1725; d. young. 

if William Halcro, Jr., \nd Margari man (50) : 

Hi on Halcro, bap. at Ophir, Feb 26, 1732. 



GENEALOGICAL , 5 , 

Children of William Honyman, Esq., (53) and Mary Graham : 

70. Rorert, who d. before 1758. 

71. Mary, who m. a Nicholson. 

72. Cecilia, who d. Apr. 3, 1824, in her ninety-seventh year; 111., 
Sept. 6, 1756, David Henderson, of Stemster, in Caithness. She is 
interred in Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh. 

73. James, who d. before 1758. 

74. Mingo, who d. June 30, 1758, by drowning ( with his father) 
in the Pentland Firth. 

75. Patrick, of Clestrain Hall, Stromness, Orkneys, who, in 
1758, as eldest son. inherited the Graemsay estates, etc., of his father, 
and who d. 1798. He m. ( 1 ). 1755, Margaret Mackay ( dan. of John 
Mackay, Esq., of Strathsay, Sutherland); (2) 17(14, Margaret Sin- 
clair (dau. of James Sinclair, of Duran in Caithness). In his later 
years he lived at Hay Lodge, Peebles. Mrs. M. H. H. Stein, of Kirk- 
field, near Lanark, wrote to the author in 1906: " Some years ago I 
was in Peebles, and saw an old sexton there who told me that part 
of the graveyard was still known as 'The Honyman Aisle,' although 
now in the possession of strangers." The Hall of Clestrain (his resi- 
dence) still stands near Stromness. Its roof was blown off by the 
violent gales, but at last accounts was occupied by Mr. Baird as a 
factor to a Mr. Balfour. Patrick had twenty children 1 for whom, 
see infra). 

76. Euphan, who d. young. 
~~. Jean, who d. young. 

~S. Margaret, bap. at the Parish of Orphir, June 17. 1741 ; 111. 
a Groat. 

70. Barbara. 

80. Jean (2nd ), bap. at the Parish of Orphir, Jan. 29, 1745. 

81. Eupiian (2nd), bap. at the Parish of Orphir. May 12, 1740. 
It is stated on (lie record that the father. Sir William, was absent from 
Edinburgh at the time of the baptism. She was usually called "Eu- 
phemia," and married a Mr. Taylor. 

Children of James Honyman (54) and — : 

81a. William, of Gairsay. He took the name of William Hony- 

man-Craigie, and as such filed, Feb. 12. 1 700, in Edinburgh, a paper 

as heir of provision-general to his grandfather "of Graemsay." 

81b. Robert, wdio died Dec. 8, 1748 (or 1751), of a "violent, 

nervous fever," as per Orphir records. 
11 



,- 4 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Cm; Rev. James Honyman (62) and [Catherine Allar- 

DYI 

i .-.. bap. at Kinneff, June 17. 1739; d. (probably) May. 
175.'. as, "ii May 22. 175-'. there was a burial there of "' the minis- 
ter'- child." 

83 Helen, hap. at Kinneff, June- 14. 1741 ; m. Robert Edward, 
of Harvieston ; living in 17S1. 

of Kinneff, bap. Jan. 9, 1745. at Kinneff; 
d. Aug. 5, 17^1 : unmarried. 1 For particular- of him, see Part I, 
Chap. Ill I. 

1 Rev. 1 John, hap. Dee. 15. 1745. at Kinneff. lie was 
licensed a- a preacher Oct. 14. 1767; resigned July ,?. 1771: became 
a dissenting minister t" England. No further particular-. 

1 Dr. 1 Robert Bruce, of Louisa, Va., bap. at Kinneff (as 
"Robert," with no middle name), W\\ 13. 1747: d. at Louisa, [824; 
m. Mary Pottie, of Louisa, Va. X" children. I For further par- 
ticulars, -ee I'art I. Chap. Ill I. 

Patrick, hap. at Kinneff, Dec. 15. 17.--': probably '1. before 
1781. 



Children of James Honeyman (63) and Elizabeth G01 

NX. M \ky. nf Newport, bap. Nov. -'5. 1733; '1. Apr. 14. 1771 ; m . 

1753, Jeremiah Brown, who was b. Nov. 8, 1729, ami died 

[2, 1764. Me was the -mi of John Brown ami Jane Lucas, the 

latter being the great-granddaughter of John Eliot, the "Indian 

Apostle." 

89. Abigail, bap. Nov. 9, 1735; d. (about) Ma) .}. 1771: m., 
Jan. 25, 175''. Hon. Joseph Wanton, Jr. (s. of Governor Joseph 
Want. mi. who d. in Xew York City, Aug. 8, 17X0. (For notice of 
Hon. Joseph Wanton, Jr., -ee I'art I. Chapter V). The funeral 
sermon on the occassion of her death was preached by Rev. George 
Bisset (w equently married her sister, Penelope Honyman), and 

it was published in pamphlet form. Hon. Joseph Wanton subsequently 
m. Jan. _'_'. 177.-. Sarah Brenton 1 dan. of Jahleel Brenton), who .]. 
July 10. 1787, aged thirty-five, hut nut until after -he had again m., 
I >■ 13, 1 7S4. William Atherton. 

■ about 1 1737 1 ': 1 : m. Sept. 30, 

1701. William Wanton. She was living in 1778. Just what relation 

was between this William Wanton and Col. Joseph Warn. in. 

whii married Abigail (89) I have not ascertained. Elizabeth ha- been 



GENEALOGICAL ree 

stated to be the seventh child, but clearly she was b. earlier, having 
married in 1761. (For ch., see infra). 

91. Penelope, of Newport, hap. Aug. 18, 1730: d. Aug. 2, 1816, 
at Frederickton, N. Bruns.; m., Apr. 25, 1773, Rev. George Bisset, 
minister of Trinity Church, who d. Mar. 3. 178S. at St. fohns, X. 
Bruns. She was always called "Polly." ( Fur other particulars of 
him, see Part I., Chap. V. ; for ch., see infra). 

92. James, bap. Aug. 12, 1740; d. in infancy. 

93. Catherine, of Newport, hap. Aug. 23, 1741; d. Dec. 21, 
1815; m. ( 1 ) William Tweedy, who was b. (about) 1736 and d. May 
23, 1782, "in his 46th year." (2) .May 29, 17X5, Col Henry Sher- 
bourne, who was b. (about 1 1747. and who d. May 21. 1824. (As 
to William Tweedy and Colonel Sherboume, see Part I., Chapter V. ; 
for ch. by William Tweed)-, see infra). 

94. George Goulding, of Newport, bap. Aug. 21. 1743; d. 1778, 
unmarried. There is a letter in existence concerning this George, pub- 
lished in the Newport Historical Magazine. Vol. II.. p. 58, written 
by one Edward Thurston, Jr., to James Coggeshall, dated at Newport 
March 5, 1767, as follows: 

"Your private affairs in my hands are in the same state as when 
you left us, except that George Honeyman hath gone to a voyage 
to Jamaica, I believe, merely, at the instance of his father to try 
whether he is immortal or not. When I first heard of his intending to 
go I went to the sheriff, who served the writ in your case ami in- 
formed him of it, and that I should look to him for the money, should 
it hereafter appear that he had not taken sufficient bail. He seemed 
to be very thankful, but a few days after acquainted me that he had' 
taken no other securities than Honeyman's (the father's) word, who 
assured him that he was about settling the affair, though he had never 
said one word to Mr. Cook or me about it." George was probably a 
"neer-do-well." His father, in his will, directed his executors to sup- 
port him. but he died the same year in which his father died 

95- Susannah, of Newport, hap. Apr. 20, 1746; d. Aug. 8, 1804, 
in England; m., Mar. 8, 1770. Abraham Redwood, Jr.. (s. of Abraham 
Redwood* and Martha Coggeshall), who was b. Jan. 8, 1728, and d. 
1788. (For ch., see infra ). 



•Abraham Redwood, Sr„ was the son of Abraham Redwood, formerly of Bristol, England and Mehit 
abel Lanford, of the Island of Antigua. He died in Newport in 1772, and belonged to the Society of 
Fnends. He was the first of that name to go to Rhode Island. His son Abraham, designated in the text 
as Abraham, Sr., gave ^500 in i ni with which to purchase books in London, and in August of that year 
the Redwood Library was incorporated. This is. to-day, one of the great institutions of Newport The 
building to house the library was constructed in i 7K 8 and stillstands. It is known as a thoroughly classical 



,-,, Till H< iNEYMAN FAMILY 

James, bap. July 15. 175 >: d. young. 
',- Robert, bap. Dec. 8, 1751 : d. young. 

John, l>a|>. Ma\ 20, 175,^: d. Mar. [6, (782; m. Elizabeth 
. who survived him. 



Children of William Mumford \xi> Elizabeth Honyman (l . 

Elizabeth Mumford, of Newport, b. 1732; d. Mar. 30, 
1760; m., ' let. 31, 1759, Samuel Goldthwait, merchant. 

1 ei ilia Mumford, bap. Aug. 15, 1734. 

William Mumford, bap. July 10, 1735 

Children of Patrick Honyman 1751 \nd Margarei Mackay: 

99, (Sir) William, of Smyllum, Armadale, b. Sept. 6, 1756; d. 
June 5, 1825; m.. 1777. Mary McQueen (eldest daughter of Robert 
McQueen, who was Baron Bingfield and Lord Braxfield). He was 
Lord of Sessions 1797, and of Justiciary 1799, resigning in 181 1. He 
reated Ban met, May 19, 1804, He built Smyllum Castle (a view 
of which appears elsewhere). He was the eldest of twenty children 
of Sir Patrick Honyman. (For further particulars, see Part I, 
( Chapter III; fi >r ch., see infra 

100. J ■■ 

101. Mary. 

[1 12. M vrgaret. 
103. Barbara. 
Ei.izari 

Children of Patrick Honyman 1751 and Margarei Sinclair: 
Patrick, bap. at < Irphir, Orkney, Sept. 26, 17"'' 
106. Robert, Vdmiral in the British Xaw and M. P. for ( (rkney, 
hap. ai Orphir, Dei ti, 1767; d. August, 1848; m., but name of wife 
unknown. I For further particular-; of him, see Pari I. Chapter III: 

bap. al < Irphir, Feb. 11. 1769 
Andrew, b. at Orphir, June 28, 1770. 
John, of 1 ,yons, France, b. al ' irphir, ( )ct. 7. 1771 : m. Miss 

'•■ Han , the assj tanl architect o( lltcnheim in England, whif h, 
t :.. rhc t . mewhal 

i One of tnc 

.am. made n 

I, thf the 1 - 1 I estate in V 

e l-ilit.tr>- \v.,s posseased utnea, and now 

( IV'' 



GENEALOGICAL 



157 



Howditch. He was a wealthly silk weaver of Lyons. ( For ch., see 
infra). 

no. George, b. at Orphir, Feb. 21, 1773. 

in. Mingo, b. at Orphir, May 25, 1774. 

112. Joseph, b. at Orphir, June 1, 1775. 

113. Samuel, bap. at Orphir, Oct. 31, 1770. 

114. Mary (2nd), who married a Bertram. 

115. Catherine, who married. Nov. 22, 1801, at Edinburgh, 
Montgomery Granville John Stewart, brother to the Earl of Gallo- 
way and member of parliament for Kirkcudbright, elected in 1803, 
1806 and 1807. One of her daughters married a Sewell, who located 
in Quebec, Canada, and is said to have had children: Annie, Susan, 
Mary, Montgomery. Alexander. 

116. Margaret Six. lair, of Edinburgh, b. (about) 178:5; d. 
Apr. 27, 1823; m. Walter Burns, of Edinburgh, as his second wife, 
who was born (about) 1778 and d. Mar. 14. 1838. He was an up- 
holsterer of Edinburgh and a son of Alexander Bruce Burns. His 
first wife, Christian Bruce, d. May 2j, 1813, aged thirty-one, by whom 
he had a daughter Helen, who d. Aug. 6, 1819, aged thirteen, and a 
son Walter, who d. Apr. 13, 1831, aged twenty-three. (For ch. by 
Margaret S. Honyman, see infra |. 

117. Cecilia. 

118. Anne. 

Children of William Wanton and Elizabeth Honeyman (90): 
(1). Elizabeth Wanton. 
(2). Ruth Wanton, 

Child of Rev. George Bisset and Penelope Honeyman (91 ) : 
(1). James Bisset, bap. May 2^. 1774. 

Children of William Tweedy and Catherine Honeyman (93): 

(1). Freelove Sophia Tweedy, b. 1764; d. May 2, 1821;; m. 
( 1 ) Simon Lease; (2), Sept., 1782, Hon Francis Malbone, who was b. 
Mar. 30, 1751). She was the only one of two of the eight children of 
William Tweedy to survive the age of infancy, as appears by the 
church or tombstone records, as given below, and the only one to 
marry. Mr. Malbone became U. S. Senator, and d. in office, Feb. 20, 
1809. Congress voted a monument in Washington to his memory. 
They had a dau., Margaret Saunders Malbone, who d. Nov. 2. [782, 
"aged 16 mos., 10 days;" and a dan., Freelove Sophia Malbone. who 



THIi HONEYMAN FAMILY 

became the wife of Dr. Edmund T. Waring, in [803. She d. in 1823 
and Dr. Waring in [835. 

Elizabeth Honeyman Tweedy, who '1- < let. 25, 1765, only 
a few days old. 

John Tweedy, b. (about) Aug., 17'*): d. Feb. 16, 1770, 
"aged '1 months." 

(4). James Tweedy, b. Feb. 11. 1770: d. Oct. 19, 1770. "aged 
8 m 

Abigail Tweedy, 1>. (about) Dec. 1771: d. Oct. 19, 1772, 
I 10 months." 

Elizabeth Tweedy, 1>. (about) 177"': d. Nov. 20, 1795, 
"in her 20th year." 

S \K.\n Tweedy, bap. July 12. 177 1 /. d. Sept. 10. 1780 

William Crawford Tweedy, bap. Aug. 7. 1781 : d. Sept. 
21 1, 17- '1 5 months." 

Children of Abraham Redwood, )k.. \nd Susannah Honeyman 

Martha Redwood, who <!. 1772, "aged 10 months." 
Langford William Redwood; d. at Flushing; m., May, 
1S11. Eleanor Williamson. Noch. 

Vbigail T. Martha Ri dwood, who m. Baron Jean 1 onrad, 
of 1 lottingnar, and had five children 1 For his descendents, see "New- 
port 1 list. Mag.," Vol. 1, p. 1 2 

Children of Sik William Honyman (99) vnd Mary McQueen: 
119, Robert, b about 1782; d. Nov. 20, 1809, at the age of 
twenty-seven. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the t8th Fort, and dis- 
tinguished himself in Egypt as a d< camp to Sir Ralph Vbercrombie 
(whose life he saved) ; also at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope 
under Sir David Baird; and in the Island of Jamaica, where he d. 
of fever. He was also of the 93rd Highlanders, Colonel of the 
18th Irish Regiment, and Member of Parliament from Orkney. 

Sir Un hard Bemptdf Vanden Johnstone, who succeeded 
his father as baronet, b. 1787; d. Feb. j,^. 1842; m., about 1813, Eliza- 
beth Campbell. In [812 wa .1 Member of Parliament for the Orkneys. 
lie had unfortunate differences with his wife, who was obliged to 
prove her marriage in 1831 in the House of Lords. The proceed- 
Icading up to this event are detailed in the volume, "Kirkwall 
in the ( Irkneys," pp, jS.i 281, and need not here be recited 1 For ch., 



GENEALOGICAL I59 

121. Sir (3rd John, who succeeded as baronet to his brother 
on the latter's death in 1842; was b. Mar. 25, 1794; d. Jan. 27, 1863; 
m., Apr. 7, 1818, Elizabeth Essex (dan. of Admiral George Bowen, 
of Coton Hall. Salop), who d. Oct. 28, 1864. He resided in later 
life in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. He was Lieutenant- 
Colonel of the Grenadier Guards in his early life, and a distinguished 
officer, win 1 "led the forlorn hope at Bergen-op-Zoom" in 1814. ( For 
ch., see infra ). 

122. William, b. 1797; d. 1827; 111., 1815, Catherine Thomson, 
of Mansfield, Ayrshire. (For ch., see infra). 

123. Catherine Johnstone who m., Nov. 15, 1830, Alexander 
Dallas, Esq. 

124. Mary. 

125. Margaret, who d. Sept. 17, 1844. 

126. Sarah Anne Jemima, who d. Feb. 17, 1885; unmarried. 
(Order of foregoing uncertain ). 

Children of Admiral Robert Honvman (106) and : 

127. Robert, of the 39th Foot. 

128. Elizabeth, who in. General Hodgson. 

Children of John Honvman (109) and - - Howditch : 

129. Margaret. 

130. Hannah, who m. Rev. Adolphe Frederick Monod, the 
well-known Protestant minister of France. Rev. Mr. Monod was b. 
at Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 21, 1802; d. in Paris Apr. 6, 1856. He 
was educated at Geneva, and held to the same views in regard to the 
Divinity of the Saviour as his noted elder brother, Rev. Frederick 
Joel Jean Gerard Monod, also of Paris ( the organizer of the Free 
church of France) viz.: that acknowdedgment of Christ as Divine 
should be insisted upon as a condition of church membership. He 
became one of the pastors of the Reformed church in Lyons, where 
he met and married Miss Honvman. lie was later dismissed from 
this church in consequence of his rigid adherence to evangelical prin- 
ciples. He then became professor in the Theological School at Mon- 
tauban, and, in 1849, on the secession of his brother from the National 
Protestant church of France, he was invited to fill his brother's place 
at the Oratoire in Paris, a post he held until his death. He had a high 
reputation as a pulpit orator, and was the author of various works, 
including "Lucille," "St. Paul." "La Femme," and various discourses. 



160 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

his works wire translated into English. They had six 
children; names not ascertained. 

131. William. 

132. Mary. 

Walter Burns and Margari i S. Honyman I 116 
Margari 5ini Honyman Burns, b. [823; d. [846; m., 

April, 1845, '^ LV - Patrick Anderson, of New Lanark, who was b. [805 
and (1. 1868. I lor daughter, Mrs. M. II. Stein, of Kirkfield, located 

Lanark, is one of the best informed and most intelligent Si 
women whom the writer lias the pleasure of personally knowing. 
She entertained the writer beautifully in Iter home in 1906, and ha- 
much aid in the matter of her ancestry by vai mmunica- 

5he 111.. Mar. 17. 1S70. Archibald Hyndman Stein, barrister- 
•.'. of Lincoln's Inn. London, and they have children and grand- 
children; a most interesting family. 

1 There were two nther children, who died in infancy I. 

Children of Siu Richard B. V. J. Honyman i 120) and Elizai 
i pbell: 

132a. Elizabeth, b. .May 27, [814; d Feb., 1886; m., [836, 
William ( iillespie. 

132b. Alex \. b. May 27, 1816 

Children of Sir ' )rd John Honyman I ui > and Elizabi mi Bowen: 

133. 1 Sir 1 ' ; fudge of 1 mmon Pleas of Middle- 
England, b. Jan. 22, 1819; d. Aug. i''. [875; m.. Nov. . 

Annie Johanna Thirkettle 1 dan. of Virtue Thirkettle of Kingston-on- 
Thames), wlu> d. Jan. [3, [881. Me had one daughter, who died in 
infancy. 1 For particulars of him. see Part I.. Chapter III 1. 

134. 1 Sir and Lev. 1 William Macdonald iton Hall. 
Whitchurch. Shropshire, present baronet, b. Aug. 31, [820; living; 
m.. June 25, 1863, lane Dorothea, daughter of Major Bowen, of 
Pantyberry, Pembrokeshire. Me graduated at Oxford University 
(W01 in [845, and took the honorarj degree of M \, 
in 1847. lie ha- also been J. P. for Shropshire, lie was at one time 

n-Terne. In [880 hi- town residence was at Black 
Ih, London. An English work concerning men of title -tali'- that 
hi- favori hooting and beagling." 

135 M \uv Ih -mi; Lin 1, Rosalie, who m., Jan. 2, r868, Lev. 
Thomas ft, of Mccr Hall. Worcestershire, and died Dec. it. 

1897 Child: Elizabeth Ih • igiana Marie Ord Bi 



GENEALOGICAL l6l 

Children of William Honyman | 122) and Catherine Thomson: 

136. William Thomson, b. 1819; d. Feb. 10, 1832. 

137. Mary Macqueen Thomson, who .1. Jan. 10. [899; m., 
Aug., 1836. Michael Carmichael, Esq., of Eastend, Lanarkshire, who d! 
Sept. 18, 1875. (For ch.. see infra). 

Children of Michael Carmichael, Esq., and Mary M. T. Hony- 
man 1 137) : 
(1). Maurice Carmichael, born Feb. 7. 1841 ; m.. Sept. 25, 

1871, Alice Isabella Henrietta, dau. of Col. Walker Drummond, Bart. 

He was Captain of the 92nd Cordon Highlanders. Children: 

Michael Henry Drummond, b. July 29. 1875. (b) Mary Fr,\ 

Margaret, (c) Edith Gertrude. 

(2). Michael William Albert Carmichael. b. Apr. 28, [851 

(3). John Alston Hay Carmichael, b. Dee. 29. i860. 

(4). Catherine Carmichael, of Ashbv Grange, Annin. 

151 Mary Jane Douglas Carmichael, m.. Sept. io. [867, 

Henry John Coventry. Children: (a) George Henry Douglas. b) 

Michael William, (c) Frederick Satterthwaite. id) Charles 

Edward, (ei Ida Mary. 

(6). Wilhelmina Carmichael. m., Nov. 10. 1875. Richard 

Rostron Young. Lieutenant-Colonel. Child: Laurence William. 

Note.— The direct line (rum Bishop Andrew Honyman to the above last survivor of the " baronial " 
line runs as follows, (the numerals before each name indicating where the person can be found in the pre- 
ceding genealogy) : 

(1). Bishop Andrew Honyman, i6tg-.676. 
(17). Robert Honyman, Esq , i670(?)-i747. 
(53). William Honyman, Esq.,.i 7 o6(?)-i758. 

(75). Patrick Honyman, Esq., '-'T)8. 

(go). Sir William Honyman, Bart., 1756-1825. 
(121). Sir Ord John Honyman, Bart., 1794-1863. 

(134). Sir (Rev.) William Macdonald Honyman, Bart., 1820 

The baronetcy, however, runs somewhat otherwise, as the inherited title went to brothers in default oi 
male issue. Accordingly, we find the actual line of baronetcy thus : 
(90). Sir William, 1st Bart. 
(120). Sir Richard-Bemptde. 2nd Bart, (son of Sir William). 
(121). Sir Ord John, 3rd Bart, (brother to Sir Richard Bemptdei. 
(133). Sir George-Essex, 4 th Bart, (son to Sir Ord John). 

(134). Sir (Rev. I Willi, m Macdonald, 5th Bart, (brutherto Sir George-Essex 1. 
1 he Order of Baronets was created in England by patent of King James I. in 1611, and was first con- 
ferred in Scotland by King Charles I. in 1625. Orginally intended for landed proprietors only, who were 
supposed to be " among the best descended gentlemen, ' and who could pay a pretty large sum of money 
into the Royal exchequer for the honor, it was afterward extended to include various men noted for 
intellectual pre-eminence, so that Herschell, Peel, Scott, Buhver, Lubbock, and others became baronets. 
Baronets are put down in the court books as in the twenty-second degTee of prestige. 



CHAPTER X. 
SOME MISCELLANEOUS SCOTCH LINES. 

The families following arc arranged in alphabetical order, and the names and dates — often ex- 
ceedingly meagre— have bt-en furnished to the author by some one or more members of these families, 
pondence to enlarge these facts have Dot been successful. 

fJDANTS OF ALEXANDER I ?) HONEYMAN, OF FALKIRK, SCOTLAND. 

Mr. Honeyman, whose first name was probably Vlexander, 
but may have been William, was an architect at Falkirk. He married 
Margaret Ogilvie, of Glasgow, who was born Oct. [8, [818, and died 
July _>_>. [879. The dates of his birth and death are not stated. After 
his death, his widow married again. Concerning him, Mrs. \\ l 
Chapman, of Adelaide. South Australia, his granddaughter, thus 
writ 

"My father" (William) "was reserved and did not say much 
about his parents. He and his eldesl brother, Alexander, spent the 
early year- of their life at sea Father told me that he was horn at 
Falkirk, Scotland; that hi> mother'- maiden name was Ogilvie; that 
her people were ship-builders living at Glasgow. He spoke of his 
father as being an architect and a ver) clever man. but did not state 
what his father- name was. However, William and Alexander were 
favourite name-. Ili- mother married again. Alexander was father's 
only brother, and some years older. He was a well educated man." 
William i- spoken of as a superior man in moral and "gentlemanly" 
qualities. 

Alexander'- 1 ?) children were (order not certain 1 : 

138 Alexander, of Camperdown, Victoria, Australia 

139. William, of Port Elliot, South Australia, who m. (about) 
1850, Ann McKague of County Monaghan, Ireland. (For eh., see 
in fra 1 . 

\x xiK. deceased. 

[41. Margaret, of Green Ponds, Tasmania, m. a Foster. 

1 \2 I \xi ... deceased. 

Cm William Honeyman (139) and Ann McKague: 

143 \i 1 \ win 1;. deceased. 
. : M \ko \k 11 . deceased. 



GENEALOGICAL r g, 

145. Annie, of 157 Hindley St.. Adelaide, So. Australia, b. 1S57: 
living; m.. i88r, W. C. Chapman. 

146. Jane, of Denver, Colo., b. 1800; living; m., about 18S4. II. 
Matthews. 

147. George, of Port Victor, So. Australia, b. [862; living; 
married. 

148. Peter, of Port Elliott, So. Australia, b. [864 ; living. 

140. William, of Murry Bridge, So. Australia, b. 1867; 'iving 
150. Hugh Francis, of Talum Bend, So. Australia, b. 1872; 
living. 



DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE HONEYMAN, OF LARGO, SCOTLAND. 

George Honeyman was a farmer and linen weaver, who owned 
an estate near Largo, Fife, Scotland, named Birse-i-mire ; d. (about) 
1845. His wife was Janet Pearson. Their children were: 

151. Thomas, of California, b. (about) [815; d. (about) 1851; 
m., (about) 1841, in Edinburgh, Elizabeth Miller nee Elizabeth Craw- 
ford. Soon after his marriage he left fur Wellington. Xew Zealand, 
where his children (except George) were born. About 1850. attracted 
by the gold discoveries in California, he went there, alone, his wife 
returning to Scotland. He wrote several letters to her. and then was 
reported dead. His widow died in 1877. ( For ch.. see infra). 

152. Axx. of Paltihead, Fife; deceased: m. Daniel Dandee. 

153. Jane, deceased. 

154. Elizabeth, of Lindsay St., Dundee; m. George Robertson. 

155. Jessie, d. young. 

Children of Thomas IIoxkym \x t 151 ) and Elizabeth C. Miller: 

156. Ada. of Edinburgh, b. 1840; d. 1803; m. ( 1 ) James Rodger: 
(2) Robert Paterson. 

157. Garland, of Edinburgh, b. 1843; d. 1852. 

158. William Crawford, of Cremona Villa, Newport, Fife, 
author and composer, b. 1845 • living; m., June 26, 1872, Annie Cassels 
(For particulars of him, see Part I, Chapter VIII; for ch., see infra). 

159. Jessie, of Edinburgh, b. 1846; living; m. George Clapper- 
ton. Ch. : Alice, Jessie, Georgina, Ernest. 

160. George, b. 1850; d. 1851. 



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THF HONEYMAN FAMILY 



Children of William C. Honeyman (158) \nd Annh Cassels: 

161. Liza. 1>. in Edinburgh; living: unmarried. 1 For sketch of 
her, see I 'art I. Chapter \ III I. 

here wen- five others, who d. in infancj 1 



1 HENRY HONEYMAN, 01 KELSO, ML 

Henry Honeyman, of Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, was born 
in 1760, and died in [837 He married 1 1 I, 17SS. Ann Elliot; and (2) 
Elizabeth Renton. He bad at least two children b) his first wife, 
namely : 

162. I >a\ id. L. I -' >' > 

[63. Gei . at Kelso, Mar. 30, 1792; d. [856. He was a 

miller, and perhaps later a baker and confectioner, who resided in 
Clephane Road, Canonbury, London. He m. (1) Elizabeth Hardy 
and (2), [842, Ann Hall. One descendant says he had three wives, 

ne of whom i name unknown 1. he had a son. John, who early came 
to the United States. I For ch., see infra 1. 

Children of Georgi Honeyman (163) and Elizabeth Hardy: 

[64. William, of Melbourne, Australia. He went to Australia 
about 1859; 111. and is -aid to have had a large family there. 

165. Henry, of Providence, R. [., b. in Kelso, Scotland, .Max 

1828; d. Mar. 1880; m., 1848, Marie Lock, of Southampton, England, 

who d. Jan. 1. 1880. He was in business in Cheapside and Islington, 

London, until 1872. when he came over t<> Rhode Island. 1 For ch., 

■ 

Children of George Honi [63 d \\\ Hall: 

1 40 Anhert Park. Highbury, London, b. 1850: 
living: retired; in.. 1S71. Susannah Kate West. | For ch., see infra I. 
167 V. of Sydney, Vustralia. b. 1858; living; unmarried. 

I le i- an Australian bushman. 

I lENRY I [ONEYW \\ ( [65 I \M> M VRI] Lo< K : 

John, of Sandy Mount, Tottingham, London, b. Vpril, 
baker and confectioner, 
b 1856; d. [858 

1 Providence, l\. I., b. Sept. 17. 1857; living; m.. 
7. 1879. William R. Marchant. Ch.: Maria Louise, b. Nov. 10. 



GENEALOGICAL j(, 5 

1880; Bessie Syrena, b. June 23, [882; Henry Alexander, b. Jan. 
23, 1884; William Lock, b. Nov. 24, 1889: Olive Marguerite, h. 
Nov. 26, 1893. 

170. Henry Walter, of 129 Trenton St.. Pawtuxet, R. I.,b. Feb. 
28, 1859; living; m.. Nov. 28, 1883, Katrine MacMackin, of Glasgow- 
He is one of the superintendents of the factories of the Textile- 
Finishing Machinery Co., of Providence. (For ch., see infra). 

Children of George Honeyman (166) and Susannah K. West: 

171. Kate. 

172. Eva. 

173. George, of 159 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, historical decor- 
ator, b. June, 1876; living; m., 1900. Virginia Susanati Schulze-Zache. 
1 For ch.. see infra). 

173a. Minnie. 
173b. Hilda. 

173c. Walter, of Anbert Park. Highbury. London, b. Sept. 1, 
1888; living; unmarried. 

Children of Henry W. Honeyman (170) and Katrine Mac- 
Mackin : 

173d. Katrine Cameron, b. Nov. 1. 1885: living. 
173c Marie Lock, b. Apr. 5, 1890; living. 
1731. Henry Walter. Jr.. b. Mar. 19, 1892: living. 

Children of George Honeyman (173) and Virginia S. Schulze- 
Zache: 

i73g. Frances, b. 1902; living. 
173IL Thelma. b. 1904; d. 1906. 



DESCENDANTS OF HENRY HONEYMAN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND. 

Henry Honeyman was a native of Fife, or Forfarshire, Scotland 
but early removed to London, where he was at one time in the excise 
or customs department of the city, and at one time a victualler. Pie 
resided at 84 Little Hermitage Street in 1792. His wife is sup- 
posed to have been Jane Johnson. His children were: 

174. Margaret, b. Dec. 15. 1785. 

175. Jean, b. Nov. 15, 1787. 
170. Henry, b. Mar. 20, 1790. 

177. Thomas John, of t,~ Great Queen St.. London, b. May 8, 



[66 Till: HONEYMAN FAMILY 

[792; d. I >ec. io, [870; in.. Sept. 21, 1820, Hepzibah Nichols. (For 
particulars of him, see Part I. Chapter VIII; for ch., see infra 1. 
178. Christian, b. Mar. 18, 1 7<m- 

Children of Thomas J. Honeyman (177) \\i> Hepzibah Nich- 

(ii. i 

[79. Eliza Hepzibah, b. Dec. 4. 1821 ; d. Sept, [883, at Cumber- 
well, Londi •11. S. E. 

[80. Ji \n, b. May 24, 1823; deceased; m. Frederick Moss. 
They wenl to Quebec, Canada. Mr. Moss was at one period a 1 

ial trawler for Boyd & ('<>.. wholesale drapers in London. Ch.: 
sed : I [enry : 1 '11 \rles, deceased. 

181. Thomas John, b. Oct. 13, 1824; d. May 1. [874; unmarried. 

[82. Mary, b. < >ct. 25, [827; living; m. 1 1 I fames Burton and 

William Elliott. No ch. 

[83. James Nichols, of 37 Great Queen St . London, b. Dec. 
[825; d. Sept. 22, [903; in.. \pr. 11. [858, Jane Johnson. | For 
particulars of him, see Pari I.. Chapter V11I : for ch., see infra I. 

Henry, of Bradshaw Street, Old Kent Road, London, b. 
.\|>r. 16, [829; d. Apr.. [882; m. .Mary Ann Middlemas. He was bar- 
rister clerk for about twenty-five war- to Mr. Baylis, afterward fudge 
Baylis. < For ch., see infn 

[85. Robert, of 37 Great Queen Street, London, b. Feb. ji. 
[831; living; unmarried. He was been a lithographer, but is re- 
tired. 

[86. Frederick, of London, b. Jan. 23, [835; d. Vpr., 1906; m. 
a .Mi>s 1 lemmings. No ch. 

187. Elizabeth Helen, of Balham, London, b. Aug. 7. [838; 
living; m. rhoma Goff. Ch. : Frederick ; Nellie. 

[88. Cecilia, b. ah ml [840; d. young. 

Children of James X. Honeyman i 183) and J \m Johnson: 
[89. Edith, b. Apr. [3, 1859 ; d. July 7, [859. 

» 1 \r a, of 37 Great Queen Street, London, b. Sept. 9, i860; 
living ; unmarried. 

191. James Frederick Spencer, oJ [64 Broomwood Road, 
Clapham Com., London, S \V.. b. Nov. 5, r86i ; living; m., Ma) 24, 
!, Sarah Stoni For ch., 1 1 inf 

. of \g Park Ave., South ( Ironehead, Lon Ion, b. 
Mar. 8, 1863; living; m.. W. II. Kimshead. Four ch. 



GENEALOGICAL l6 

193- Alfred, b. Aug. 18, 1865; living; unmarried 

194- Harry, b. Aug. 9, 1866; d. Aug., 1867. 

195- Kate, b. Dec. 10, 1867; living; unmarried. 
196. Charles, b. Feb. 18, 1S69; d. [an. 11, 1871. 
197- Cecilia, b. Aug. 27, 1870: d. June 9. [873. 

198. Florence, b. Sept., 1871 ; ,1. Sept. 1871 

199. Edward, b. Nov. 13. ,872; living; m„ Alar. i 9 , 1898, Marie 
Butler. (For ch., see infra ). 

200. Jennie, b. May 27, 1875; living: unmarried. 

201. Ethel, b. Jan. 5, 1878; d. Nov. 4. 1885. 

202. Elsie, b. Mar. 25, 1N7,, ; ,1. Feb. 1. 1880. 

Children of Henry Honeyman (184) and Mary A. Middlemas- 

203. Margaret. 

204. Henry. 

205. Jessie. 

206. Mary Anne. 

207. Kate. 

Children of James F. Spencer Honeyman (191) and Sarah 
Stoney : 

208. Gladys May, b. Apr., 1893; living. 

209. Elsie Frances, b. Jan, 1895 ; living. 

210. Kenneth Nichols, b. Jan., 1897: living. 

211. Alexander Spencer, b. Nov., 1899; living. 

212. Phyllis, b. Mar., 1901 ; living. 

213. Marjorie Kate, b. Sept., 1905; living. 

Children of Edward Honeyman (199) and Marie Butler: 

214. Alexander. 

215. Coralie. 

216. Lawrence. 



DESCENDANTS OF JAMES HONEYMAN, OF CERES, SCOTLAND. 

James Honeyman, of Ceres, Fife, Scotland, died about 1809, and 
is said to have had five sisters who were married. He is, perhaps, 
the James, born Feb. 14, 1762, son of Thomas Honeyman and Helen 
Kinnier, mentioned in Part HI., under "Ceres Parish." Only one 
of his children, however, grew up and raised a family. This child was : 



THE I lo.MA. MAN FAMILY 

217 riiOMAS, of Fife, b. (about) [801; d. July io, [869; m. 
Jeannie Morris, who was b. (aboul 1 1805 and d. Feb. 1. 1X75. They 
arc buried in Dairy Cemetery, Edinburgh. 1 For ch., see infra I. 



Children 01 Thomas Honeyman (217) and Jeannie Morris: 

218. William, of Pliny ( iourt, I [artford, Conn., b. [827 ; d. May 
23, 1907; m. (1) Helen F. Purddie, deceased; (2) Man Keiler, 

ased. He was a farmer, and came to America in 1N74 with his 

r, Margaret. By II. F. P. he had two daughters and one son; and 
M. K. was the mother of Phillip Stewart Honeyman, golfist, who 
was b. 1870, at St. Andrews, Scotland, and who m.. Jan. _>i>. iS<jS, at 
Lenox, Mass., M. E. Mahaman. 

Philip S. Honeyman is one of the mosl successful golf players 
in America, and i- now the regular professional of the Cincinnati (iolf 
Club in East Hill, Cincinnati. He has devoted the greater pari 
hi- life to the study and development of that game. He came to the 
United States from St. Vndrews in 1893, joining the Southampton 
1 I. [.) Country Club, since which he has been cither manager of the 

e "t" instructor, at the following named golf clubs: Meadow- 
brook, Hempstead, L. [.; Lenox, Mass.; Tuxedo, X. V. : Vrdsley- 
on-the-Hudson ; Hotel Champlain, New York; North Hampton Coun- 
1 lull. Easton, Pa.; Riverton, N.J. (where he coached Miss Frances 
champion); Oyster Bay, L. I.: Fitchburg, Mass.; and 
Magnolia Springs, on tin- St. John River. Fla., in the winter season. 

Mr. Honeyman, before hi- departure from Scotland, also had 
charge of prominent golf courses in the British [sles, principally the 
Hoyelake course, near London, and the one at Musselborough, Scot- 
land. It was at the latter named course that he was closely associated 
with Willie Park, the noted professional. 

Mr. Honeyman i- -aid to play "a magnificent game." In [895 he 
was the third in the open champion-hip of the United Slate-. 

219. M of Far Rockaway, Long [sland, X. Y.. who m. 
Robert Black, ha- three children, one of whom, Charles II.. d. . 

18, [872, aged j years and 7 month-. 

Thomas, of Edinburgh, b. [831; d. Oct., [892; m. Agnes 
hi, who i- living, lie i- -aid to have been "tin dairy- 

■ land." 1 For ch., see infra 

Charles Hill, of 15 Moat St., Edinburgh, b. Mar.. 1838; 
living; m. Christine Thompson, lie i- engaged in the coal business 
02 Dalrv Road, Edinburgh. Has two ch. 




MR. PHILIP S. HONEYMAN, CINCINNATI, O. 

(The \<>Ui\ Golfer). 

Born 1870; living. (Page 168). 



GENEALOGICAL 169 

222. James, of Ravilleston, Edinburgh, b. 1842; d. Mar., 1900: 
m., Jane Clark. No children. 

223. John, of St. Andrews, b. 1844; d. July, 1895; unmarried. 

224. Elizabeth, of Edinburgh; living. 

Children of Thomas Honeyman (220) and Agnes Robertson: 

225. Thom \s. of Clunes, Spran Bridge, b. 1854: living; m. Janet 
Robertson. He is said to be the ninth in succession bearing the same 
name. Four children. 

226. Jeannie, b. 1856; deceased; m. Alexander Boyne. Two 
children. 

22J. Helen, of Dundee, b. 1S58 ; living; m. James Robertson. 
Five children. 

228. Agnes, of Edinburgh, b. i860; living; m. David Mitchell. 
No children. 

229. Margaret, of Edinburgh, b. 1861 ; living; unmarried. 

230. William, of 1045 Asylum Ave., Hartford, Conn., b. 1863; 
living; m., Apr. 12. 1893, Margaret E. Evarts. He learned the seed 
business in Edinburgh and came to America in 1884. (For ch.. see 
infra"). 

231. Rachel, of Edinburgh, b. 1865; living; m., William Arnott. 
Three children. 

2^2. Jemima, of Edinburgh, b. 1867; living; m.. James Weir. 
Two children. 

233. Robert R., of Monghyr, Bengal, East India, b. 1868; living; 
m.. 1902, in Calcutta. Isabella Boyd Burnet. He went to India in 
1890 and is an active man there in the employ of the India Gen. Xav. 
& Railway Co. (For ch., see infra). 

234. Mary, of Edinburgh, b. 1870; living; m.. Charles Cunning- 
ham. One child. 

Children of William Honeyman (230) and Margaret E. Evarts: 

235. Frederick T., b. Apr. 13, 1894; living. 

236. Robert E., b. Feb. 2. 1898: living. 

Children of Robert R. Honeyman (233) and Isabella B. Bur- 
net: . 

2T,y. Thomas, b. 1904; living. 
238. Isobel, b. 1906; living. 
12 



lyo THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

HONEYMAN, OF 1" OT1 \\1>. 

James Honeyman was born 1790 at Fruchie, Fife, Scotland; 
d. [861, at Wilkie's Lane, Dundee. His wife was Catherine Muir. 
He was, first, a ploughman; then a laborer in a foundry. His children 
(besides two who d. in in fancy) were: 

Eupiiemia, of Hilltown, Dundee, b. 1S14: d. [899; m 
David < >gilvy. 

240. James, of Wilkie's Lane, Dundee, b. 1815; d. 1830. 

. of Hawkhill, Dundee, b. 1826; living; in. James 

242. Andri 01 rove St., Ferry Road, Dundee, b. at Lady 
bank. Fife, Feb. [829; m. ( 1 1 Annie Banks, who d. 1875; (2) Jessie 
Robertson. 1 F >r ch., see infra |. 

Children of Andrew Honeyman (242) \\i> ^nnie Banks: 

243. Jemima, of Catherine St., 1 . b. 1856; living; m. 
rge Malcolm. Ch.: Jemim a. George, William, Margaret. 

244. Andrew, of Fleucher Si . b. 1858; living; m., [881, 
; rei Martin. ( For ch., -re- infra 1. 

245. Daniel, of Sydney, Australia, b. [863; m. Joan Scott. 
! I li- was nol been heard from in 

246. Robert, of 52 Ure St.. Dundee, b. (about) 1865; living; 
m.. Dec. 20, [889, Elizabeth Hutton. 1 For ch., seen infra). 

247. John, of D b 181 6; d. (867. 

248. Annie, 1 ium 1 eased 

Children of Vndrew Honeyman (242) lND Jessu Ro 

249 William I' of 126 Knox Si.. Montreal, Canada. 

b., in Dundee, Scotland, lulv 5, [879; living; m. Helen Barnett. One 
child. 

Mary, of 20 < ^rove St., Ferry Road, Dundee, living. 

Children of Andrew Honeyman (244) vnd Margaret Martin: 

251. Andrew, of William St., Forebank, Dundee. 1. 1,8X1 • ,1 
1883. 

John of Benvie Road, Dundee. 1, 1883; living; 

in.. Dec. 1905, Mary Miller. ( For ch., see infra 1 

253 B Mari in, of Baxter St., Dundee, b. 1885; d. 1894 

I Fleui her St., 1 Dundee, b. 1891 : living. 
Daniel, of Fleucher St., Dundee.!.. [893; living. 
Hannah, of Fleucher St.. Dundee (twin) b 1893; living. 



GENEALOGICAL I? i 

Children of Robert Honeyman (246) and Elizabeth Hutton : 



257 
258, 

258, 
260 
261 

262 



William, of 52 Ure St., Dundee, b. June 17, 1890; living. 

Robert; d. in infancy. 

Robert (2nd) ; d. in infancy. 

Annie ; d. in infancy. 

David (twin with Annie) ; d. in infancy. 

Elizabeth ; living. 



Child of John Brown Honeyman (252) and Mary Miller: 
263. Eva Miller, b. 190!); living. 



DESCENDANTS OF JAMES HONEYMAN, OF KINGSKETTLE, SCOTLAND. 

James Honeyman of Kingskettle, Fife, Scotland, was born Jan. 
20, 1791 ; and died July 15. 1854. He married Girzal Adams. Their 
children were : 

264. Andrew, of St. Andrews, I T ifc, b. [816; d. 1878. 

265. James, of Springfield, Fife, 1). 1817; d. 1880. 

266. Helen, of Kingskettle, b. 1819; d. 1891 ; m., John Haxton. 

267. Grace, of Kingskettle, b. 1823 ; living; m., James Blyth. 

268. David, of Kingskettle, b. Mar. 4. 1821 ; d. Apr. 18. 1901 ; 
, Dec. 31, 1847, Betsey Mastedon, of Largo. (For ch., see infra). 



in 



Children of David Honeyman 1208) and Betsey Mastedon: 

269. Isabella Hirrell, of Buckhard, b. July 2-, 1849; living; m. 
Alexander Aitken, deceased. 

269a. James, of Glasgow, b. Oct. 30, 1851 ; living; m. Agnes Moir. 

269b. Grace Adam, of Kingskettle, b. Nov. 20, 1853; living; m 
James Balfour, deceased. 

269c. George, of Kingskettle, b. Feb. 1. i860; living; m., Nov. 23, 
1883, Helen Glen. (For ch., see infra). 

269d. David, of Glasgow, b. Sept. 1 1. 1862; living; m. Annie Ross. 

269c John Kerrs Masterton, of Kingskettle. b. May 10, iN 16; 
living ; m. Maggie Stevenson. 

Children of George Honeyman (269c) and Helen Glen: 

270. David, of Kingskettle, b. Jan. 1, 1881, living; unmarried. 

271. Mary, of Kingskettle, b. May, 28, 1885; living; unmarried. 



172 



H< >NKY. MAX FAMILY 



DESCENDANTS OF JAMES HONEYMAN, OF MONIMAIL, \1>. 

James Honi yman of Monimail, Fife, Scotland, was probably the 

if John Honeyman and Christian Duncan of Falkland, bapti 
of two of whose children arc given in I 'art III. under "Falkland 

h." If -". lie was baptised at Falkland Oct. 5. 1704. although 
descendants gives lii> 'late of birth a- "about 1700." 

lie doubtless descends from John, of Kingskettle, mentioned in 
15115 a-- the receiver of a grant of land from King James VI. (See 
Part 111, undi irds of the Great Seal"). lie had several child- 

ren, the name <>i" "lie only being certainly known t" hi- present living 
descendants, viz. : 

i~i. William, probably the same baptised in the Parish of 
Monimial. Ji 1; 111.. hut name of wife unknown. 

Children of William II" \i> —.: 

2J$. ( illRISTIAN, b. I >' C 23, I 

_■ 7 1 1 ies, b. 1 He m. and hail tun daughters, 

ie. who married a Mr. Kirk. 

275. John, of S Id, b. \y\~. 29, 1767, He was a fewer, 
lie m. ami had a liter, Isabella, who m. a Mr. Mitchell. 

276. Wii 1 iam, 1>- Mar. 3, 1769. lie left no descendants. 

277. David, a fewer, of Springfield, b. Dec. 27, 1771: m, rean 
Auchterlonie. I For ch., see infra). 

27S. Alexander, a fewer, of Springfield, b. Sept. ji. 1774. He 
lefl 

279. George, of Springfield, b. May 18, 1 77S : d. in the Fall of 
1S71 ; m. Margare) Toddie. lie and his children are buried in Moni 
mail churchyard. 1 For ch.. see infra 1. 
, b. [780; m. a Mr. Si 

1 David Honeyman (277) and I ie: 

William, of Springfield, Fife, b. 1704; d. Jul) 3, 1866; m. 

Hi ; ' ■ 1 demston, who died Jan. 11. 1839; (2) Janet Mackie, who 

li Vug. _'7 '. [806. William erected the house in Edenwood near 

Springfield, where he resided, and which is now owned by lames 

Gillespie, Esq.. of St. Andrew-. 1 For ch., see infra 1. 

282. Thomas, of Springfield, b. iSo^; d. 1SS1 ; m. Isabella 
imilne, who 03, and d. 1881. 1 For ch., see infra 1. 

hi. (.name of wife unknown). 1 For ch 
infn 



GENEALOGICAL 



173 



284. Jane, who m. a Mr. Smith. 

285. George, who m. (name of wife unknown). (For ch., see 
infra). 

286. Agnes, who m. Alexander Farquhar. 

287. David, who m. (name of wife unknown). (For ch., see 
infra). 

288. Alexander, who m. (name of wife unknown). Fur ch.. 
see infra). 

289. Janet, of Dunfermline, wiio m. Thomas Gillespie. Mr. 
Gillespie died in 1872. (For ch., see infra). 

290. Catherine. 

Children of George Honeyman ( 279 ) and Margaret Toddie : 

291. George (supposed); died in infancy. 

292. William, of Springfield, Fife, b. 1817: d. Nov. 13, 1893; 
m. Isabella Aitchison, who d. Sept. 19, 1S92. ( For ch.. see infra). 

293. Margaret, b. 1822; d. 1887; unmarried. 

294. Alexander, of Lord Russell Place, Edinburgh, b. 1819; d. 

1904; m. Elizabeth , and had three children. His widow is 

living in Edinburgh. 

Children of William Honeyman (281 ) and Helen Edemston : 

295. William, b. Apr. 26, 1829. He came to the United States 
in 1844, according to one account, or about 1851, according to another 
statement, and was not heard from afterward. 

296. Barbara, of Strathbog, Fife, b. Oct. 8, 1824: deceased; m. 
William Black. (For ch., see infra ). 

297. Helen, of Springfield. Fife. b. May 7. 1837; d. Apr. 17. 
1863. 

Child of William Honeyman (281 ) and Janet Mackie: 

298. Walter James, of Portland, Ore., merchant, b. at Spring- 
field, Fife, Sept. 22, 1849; (L at Portland, June 4, 1904; m., Aug. 29, 
1876, in Glasgow, Jessie Miller Ritchie, who was b. June 2, 1852, and 
is living. In giving an account to the writer (about 1900) of his 
recollections of his family in Scotland, Walter J. Honeyman said: 

"My father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all born 
and lived in the very centre of the county of Fife, called the Bow 
of Fife, including the parishes and villages of Cupar, Springfield, 
Collessie, Monimail, Auchtermuchty, etc., and I think they originally 
received their grant of land from one of the Scottish kings who re- 



, 74 YM.W" FAMILY 

sided ;it Fall.' »n Hie west the Lomond hills, for 

rformed for the king. These parishes and vill 
lie in close proximity to Falkland. My elder brother, William. 

cmig - about 1850 to 1852, and was never heard from 

the first year. He would be about 70 years old, if alive. 
He emigrated along with David Honeyman, a son of Charles, who 
died in the U.S. [ had a > isit last year 

from a second cousin, George V. a lawyer in Edinburgh, who has been 
to I >awson, Alaska. 

"My grandfather planted a great many of the trees in the vicinity 

of Springfield, and several of his brothers were handloom linen weav- 

mans of Cupar. So were those about Auchter- 

mucht) and Strathimglo. Some were masons and built, or a-: 

in building the principal mansions in that vicinity. Such a- Lord 

Campbell's residence at Edenw 1: Lady Crawford's Castle of The 

Priory, just facing Springfield; the Rankeillour mansion near Row 
Fife; Melville House, belonging t" the Leven family near Monimail; 
Sir David Lindsay's Monument of the Mount, and doubtless were also 
employed about Falkland Palace. Mr. Mitchell of Norwich, Conn., 
says he used to hear his mother say that one of the James, wandi 
in the woods, called at a pea-ant'- house and asked him to -nidi- him 
to Falkland Palace, and told him the King was there at present. This 

nt had never seen the King, so was told that when the) got to the 

Palace, Ik- would know the King by the servants on the ground all 

lifting their hat-. As tin- two approached the castle every servant 

his 'Mf and tin- peasant -aid: "Either you or I must he the 

King for the) all lift their cap- a- we approach." 

1 For a sketch of Walter J.'s life, see Part 1. Chapter Ylll ; for 
ch., si 



Thomas Honeyman i 282 1 and [sabei 1 \ Denmilne: 
299. M • upar; living; m. David Taylor. Ch. 

James, deceased; (2) 1 1 ' ,; 1 Margaret, of Winnipeg, Man., 
who is m. : i.p \..\i> ; (5). M \rv. 

1 d of Simpson Institute, Largo, Fife, b. Nov. 2, 1832; 
living; m. (1 1 Margaret Little Rathie, of Middlesex, England, who 
d. 18 . thirty-nine years; (2) 1897", \gnes Brown, of 

Springfield, Fife, who d. 1893. 

of Portland, Ore., b. lime 9, [840; d. Feb 17. 




MR. WALTER J. IK INEYMAN, 
Portland, ( )re. 

3orn 1849; d. 1904. (Pages 136, 173). 




MR. E. MAXWELL HONEYMAN, 

Plain field, N. J. 

Burn 1878; living. (Page 23;). 



GENEALOGICAL l? r 

1899; m., Jan. 27, 1S64, Jane Clark Dawson, who is living at 193 
King St., Portland. (For ch., see infra ). 

303. Isabella, of 9 Rosemont Bldg., Edinburgh, living; unmar- 
ried. 

304. Mary, of Rose Cottage, Upper Largo, living; m. George 
Bisset. No ch. 

Children of Chari.es EToneyman (283) and 



305. Eliza ; deceased ; rn. Little. 

306. David; went to the United States 1851 or '52, and soon died, 
place and date unknown ; unmarried. 

307. Agnes, deceased; m. a Mr. Scott. 
30S. Jam:, deceased. 

309. Andrew, deceased. 

Children of George Honeyman ( 285 ) and : 

310. William, living. 

311. David, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; d. 1870. 

312. Ciiaki.es; said to have been a Colonel in the army; d. 1890. 

313. George, living. 

314. Thomas, living. 

315. Janet, living. 

Children of David Honeyman (287) and : 

316. Agnes, of Australia. 

317. Mary, of Australia. 

Children of Alexander Honeyman (288) and : 

318. David, of Fife. 

319. William, of Fife. 

320. Elizabeth, of Fife. 

321. (Daughter; name not stated). 

Children of Thomas Gillespie and Janet Honeyman (289) : 

William: David; John; Thomas; Jane; Charles, and James. 
William is living in New Zealand. James was b. Apr. 13, 1854; living; 
m. Christina W. H. Downie ; resides at St. Andrews, and is an archi- 
tect of high reputation: has eight children. 

Children of William Honeyman (292) and Isabella Aitchison: 

322. George A., of 48 Cromwell Road. Patricroft, Manchester, 
England, b. Alar. 17, 1844; living; m. Agnes Stenhouse. He is a 



! 7 6 THE IK 'M V.MAX FAMILV 

practicing lawyer, who visited America in 1889, when he also went 
to Alaska. 

323. Arthur, b. Oct. 31, 1845 ; d. in infancy. 

^_>4. James Scott, of _'-' Parsons Green, Edinburgh, b. Jan. 15. 
[848; living; in. Agnes Pearson. IK- was an engineer and is an agent 
for the Royal Bank of Scotland. 

325. Matthew X.. of Haywarden, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow, b. 
May 7. 1850; living; m. Catherine Fuw. Business address, ~~ St. Vin- 
cent Si., t ilasgow . 

326. Margaret, of Dunfermline, b. Oct. 7. 1852; living; m., 
James Forbes. 

327. Betsy, b. Aug. 4. 1855: d. 1 >ct. 1857. 

328. Elizabeth, of 47 Inch View Terrace, Edinburgh, b. Oct. 
[5, 1857: (1. July .}. 1901 : in. Robert Farmer. 

$i'\. Mary, of Glasgow, b. July 15. [860; living; m., David P. 
Simp 

330. Alexander, of Bath Street. Glasgow, b. Mar. 29, 1863; 
living; 111. Jessie Maxwell. 

. of William Black \\i> Barbara Honeymai 
111. William Black, who in. a Miss Sett of Edinburgh, and 
died in the Livingstonia Mission in Africa. 

Geori ccountant, of Edinburgh. 

(3). ] In ing : married. 

1 RO [Ni Bi > k, of Sedan Cottage, Melville Road, Lady- 
hank. Fife, living; unmarried. 

Children of Walter J. II 298) and Jessii M. Ritchie: 

331. William, of Portland, Ore., b. at Dundee. Scotland, Apt 
28, 1878; d. at Portland, Jan. t6, [886 

332. Arthur, of Portland, b. at Dundee, Scotland, July 14. 1S80; 
living; m., < >ct. 12. [908, Carlotta Parker. 

333. Bruce Ritchie, of Portland, b. there Dec. 30, 1884; living. 

334. Ruth Allen, of Portland, b. there June [8, [887; living 

Portland, b. there Sept. 19, [889; living. 
Wallace, of Portland, b. there Oct. 9, 1893; d. Ian 

Chi • 1 3 \ \n Margari i I .. Rai hie : 

I . who died in 1883, .'< en year-. 

D , b. 1869; living. 



GEXEALOGICAL iyj 

Children of William Honeyman (302) and Jam: C. Dawson: 

339. Thomas Denmilne, merchant, of 193 King St., Portland, 
Ore., b. Alar. 11, 1866; living; m., Feb. 5, 1889, Jessie M. Lochhead, 
who d. Nov. 2, 1905. He is the head of the firm of the Honeyman 
Hardware Co., wholesale dealers in hardware, one of the largest and 
most enterprising and reputable dealers in hardware on the Pacific 
coast. (For ch., see infra). 

340. James Dawson, of 200 St. Clair St., Portland, Ore., b. Oct. 
5, 1868; living; m., Jan. 2~, 1X97, Myrtle Irene Smith. He is Vice- 
President of the Honeyman Hardware Co. ( For ch., see infra). 

341. William David, of Portland, Ore., b. Nov. 30, 1873; d. 
Apr. 17, 1878. 

342. Walter Bennett, of 779 Hoyt St., Portland, Ore., b. 
Apr. 5, 1877; living; m., Feb. I, iqoo. Myrtle E. Ward. He is secre- 
tary of the Honeyman Hardware Co. 1 For ch., see infra). 

343. David Taylor, of 193 King St., Portland, Ore., b. Mar. 14. 
1880; living; unmarried. He is treasurer of the Honeyman Hard- 
ware Co. 

344. Etta Jane, of 193 King St., Portland, Ore., b. Jan. 25, 
1884; living; m., June 20, 1906, David Chambers Lewis. 

Children of Thomas D. Honeyman ( 331; ) and Jessie M. Lochhead: 

345. Mildred Genevieve, of Portland. Ore., b. Sept. 21. 1890; 
living. 

346. Grace Myrtle, of Portland. < Ire., b. Mar. 21, 1892; living. 

Children of James D. Honeyman (340) and Myrtle I. Smith: 

347. Helen I., of Portland, ( >re.. b. Nov. 5, 1898; living. 

348. Ronald J., of Portland, Ore., b. May [6, 1903; living. 

349. William, of Portland, Ore., b. Jan. 12, 1906; living. 

Child of Walter B. Honeyman (342) and Myrtle E. Ward: 

350. Jane, of Portland, Ore. 



DESCENDANTS OF JAMES HONEYMAN, OF NEWBURGH, SCOTLAND. 

James Honeyman was a resident of Falkland. Fife. Scotland, 
where he was born Mar. 4, 1791 , but afterward removed to the vicinity 
of Newburgh. Pie died at Johnston Farm, Dunbog, Fife, at the home 
of a granddaughter, Apr. 4, [873. He married Euphemia Ander- 
son. His children were (order not certain): 



l7 g THE HONEYMAN FAMIU 

351. I \mi-;s. who d. in infancy. 

352. foiiN, b. Feb. 2, [821 : d Feb n, [872, al Broomham, Ripe, 
ex, England; m.. [841, Margaret Ramsay, who was b. .Mar. 12, 
, and d. ( >ct. 3, [867. He resided in various localities: at Lind 

Abbey, Newburgh; Me of Man. Isle of Wight, and in England. 1 For 
ch., see infra 1. 

Margaret Stuart, of Newburgh, who d. Apr. 15. iss_>; 
in. John Anderson, linen manufacturer, who d. May 8, [876. (For 
ch., seen infra I. 

Tin: John Honeyman (352) and Margaret Ramsay : 

354. J Vancouver, British Columbia, b. Aug. 31, 1841 ; 
living; unmarried. Has retired from busini 

355. EUPHEMIA, I). May 25. 1843; d. 1X44. 

356. John, of Lindores Farm, Ladner, British Columbia, b. Mar. 
31, [845; living; m., Sept. 29, 1883, Helen \ T icoll. (For ch., see 
infra I. 

357. William Anderson, b. Nov. 1846; d. 1849. 

358. \..\i-. .if Ladner, British Columbia, b. Sept. 4. 1848; 
living; m. A. 1 >e R Tayl >r. No ch. 

359. William Anderson (2nd), b. Ma; 9 d. [850. 

Thomas Anderson, of Ladner, 1'.. C, 1). Mar.. 1S50: d. 
1898: was a fanner and unmarried. 

Alexander Anderson, of London, England, b. Mar.. 1854; 
• ! 1903; in. Kali- O'Reilly. He was a sea-captain ami had two 
children. 

362. Henry Ramsay, of Neepawa, Manitoba, b. Mar. 27, 1856; 
living; m., Dec. 12, 1883, Catherine M. Mel Ch.: Margaret; 

\\xik : M w. 

363. Robert Vnderson, of Vancouver, I'. I (twin) 1' Mar. 27, 
1856; living; unmarried. He has retired from 1 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 - 

Children 01 John Anderson and Margaret S. Honeyman (353): 

EUPHEMIA VNDERSON, 1). [838; '1 [Q06; in. Rev. (allien 

Wil ' minister al Broughty Ferry. 

William Anderson, b. 1840; d.. at Newburgh, 1881. 
Nicholas And who d. 1902; m., 1862, William 

[Man, farmer. 
\ NDERSON, who d. in in fanc\ 

John Anderson, who d. in infancy. 
Marg in, who d. in infancy . 



GENEALOGICAL ,j t) 

(/). Eliza Anderson, b. 1847; d. 1886; 111.. [868, George 
Barclay, farmer, of Dunbog. 

(8). Charlotte Anderson, b. [849; d., at Doelar Academy, 
1863. 

(9). George \nderson. of Guthrie Lodge. Newburgh ; living. 

Children of John Honeyman (356) \m> Helen Nicoli 

364. Gordon, b. Oct. 11. 1884; living. 

365. Douglass Ramsay, b. June to, t886;living. 

366. Elsie Agnes, b. Apr. 9, [890; living. 

367. Si 1 \i;t Nicoll, b. Sept. 30. 18113: living 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ( ?) HONEYMAN. OF DUNSHALT, SCOTLAND. 

John ( ? 1 Honeyman and his wife, (sup.) Janet Storer, arc said 
to have lived at Dunshalt, Fife, Scotland. No more is known of them 
by his grandson, William R., who furnishes ihis information Their 
children were : 

368. Thomas Arthur, of Dunshalt, Fife, and 24 Sutherland 
St.. Edinburgh, 1). at Strathinglo, May, 182;; .1. Dec. 31. 18S5; m.. 
Nov., 1856, Isabel Ritchie, who was 1>. 1830 and d. Oct. 21, 1802 

1 I < ir ch.. sec infra 1. 

369. Jane, of Lindores, Fife: deceased; m. Robert Lockert 
No ch. 

370. Anne, of Haddinton, East Lothian; deceased; m., [876, 
James More, baronet. She was his second wife. No ch. 

371. Elizabeth, of Dunshalt. Fife; deceased; m. John Garland. 
Ch. : James ( i \ri \>h. 

T,y2. Mary, of Greenock; deceased; m. Matthew Austin. Ch. : 
Janet Austin; [saijel Austin. 

^j^,. John, of Dunshalt ; living; twice married. ( Names of wives 
not known 1. 1 Fur eh., see infra). 

Children of Thomas A. Honeyman (368) \nd Isabel Ritchie: 
374. Mary, of Edinburgh, deceased: m. Andrew Finlayson. 

Five ch. 

375- J ^ M| s - "'' Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, living; m. Margaret 

Keddie. Three ch. 

376. William Ritchie, of 140 Sylvan Ave., of Newark, N. I. 

b. Xov. 18, i860: living; m.. Apr. 4, 1888. Mary Lowe, who d. Aug. 

o. [893. (For ch.. see infra). 



180 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

377- J \m'i. of Fife, living; in. James Dempster. Two ch. 

378. Margari r, of Cape Town. South Africa, m. William Reid. 
I la> ii"i boon heard from since the Boer War. One ch., deceased. 

379. Jane, of Leith, living; m. Robert Semple. No ch. 

Child [ohn Honeyman (373) and : 

380. Margaret. 

381. A NX. 
382 J) 3SIE. 

Child of William R. Honeyman (376) vnd Mary Lowe: 
383. Edwin, b. Jan. i_>. [889; d. \pr., 1891 



DESCENDANTS OF .mux C. HONEYMAN, OF CRAYFORD, ENGLAND. 

John C. Honeyman, of Crayford, Kent. England, married twice, 
hui 1 am without dates or other facts concerning him, excepl that he 
had two wives 1 names unknown I. He is said to have been of Scotch 
descent. 

Children of John C. Honeyman and his First Wife, : 



384. Abraham, of Izlington, London, b. 1852; living; m., Sarah 
Jam- Baker. He was in the Royal Horse Artillery and is an army 
pensioner; also a mechanical engineer. Is now (1908) in Singapore. 
India. 1 For ch., sec intra I. 

Children 01 John C. Honeyman and his Second Wife, : 

385. Joh \. deceased. 

386. Harry W.. of -7 Beaumont St.. Bristol, England; living. 

387. Gei of St. 1 eonards, Hastings, England; living. 

388. Sarah. 

389. Fanny, of Kskcr. Surrey, England. 

390. Mary. 

Child Abraham Honeyman ind Sarah J. Baker : 

391. Herman William, .>t" 336 < irleans St., Montreal, Canada, 
b. July 3,1882, at Newton Abbot, Devon, Eng.; living; m., Apr. 14. 

. Amy Georgina Hewett. He came to America May 4. [906. 

infra 1. 
.>''-' Alk 1 M \u> Mary, b. May 12, 1884; d. Apr.. 1NK5. 



GENEALOGICAL 



1S1 



Child of Herman \V. Honeyman (391 ) and Amy G. Hewett: 
393. Dorothy Hene, b. Sept. 6, 1907; living. 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN (?) HONEYMAN, OF GOSHEN, SCOTLAND. 

John Honeyman resided at Goshen, parish of Larbart, Sterling- 
shire. In Larbart cemetery and at Falkirk and vicinity his ancestors 
for several generations are buried. lie was probably a brother to 
Michael, of Larbart. (See "Descendants of Michael Honeyman of 
Larbart," post). His grandson, Michael of Orange, X. ).. writes 
concerning him: "Grandfather had a piece of property by feudal 
tenure of ninety-nine years, and he had improved his property greatly 
by building five separate houses upon it. all which would revert to 
the original owner after the term expired. Among his household 
tenants were the Campbells, Flills, Hanleys ami Clarks. Ili- relatives 
lie buried in the cemetery near Larbart church. Grandfather lived 
at Goshen, midway between Falkirk and Sterling, where all the great 
cattle trysts were held, at which ,80,000 head of cattle, 50,000 sheep, 
and 5,000 horses were sold. Between Falkirk and the river Cartron, 
Fdward I. defeated the Scotch under Wallace, and the Pretender, 
with his Highlanders, in 1747, on the moor west of the town defeated 
the royal forces under Gen. Hawly." Ilis wife's name is not known. 
His children were : 

394. William, of Glasgow, b. (about) 1790; d. (about) 1850: 
m. Margaret Barbour, who d. (about) 1824. ( for ch.. see infra). 

395. Michael, of Kirk o' Shots, south of Falkirk; married, bul 
name of wife unknown. After his death his family emigrated to 
Canada, settling for a time at St. Catherine's. ( )ntario, but ultimately 
crossed into the States, where all trace of them was losl to their 
relatives. (For ch., see infra 1. 

396. (Son), name unknown, who was a lessee of the Strand 
Hotel and Surrey Theatre in London, about 1850; name of wife un- 
known. He way have been the one who "disappeared" from Goshen 
about 1820. or earlier, and seems not to have been heard of afterward 
by his relatives. If so, this notice about him and of his descendants, the 
latter being given on a succeeding page, may prove of interest to the 
family. I am assured by one of his grandchildren, that this London 
Honeyman "lived near the Kirk o'Shots, near Falkirk, and was an 
uncle of John Honeyman of Portland. Oregon." He was, therefore, 



|S _, Till HONEYMAN FAMILY 

certainly a brother of William of Glasgow, and of Michael of Kirk 
i For ch., see infra I. 
Emily, who d. before 1820; unmarried. 
-,, ,1,. , Daughter), who d. before [820; unmarried. 

der of foregoing uncertain. There may have been other 
children 1. 

Children of William Honeymai and Margaret Barbour: 

397. John, of Portland, ( »re., 1>.. at Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. i_\ 
1815; '1.. at Portland, Sept. 5. [898; m., 1837, Eliza Levit (dau of 

les Levit), who was h. in Nottinghamshire, England, and d. in 
at Kingston, < >nt. He went from Scotland to Canada in [831, 
settling in Montreal; in [842 removed to Kingston, Ont., where he 
erected the Ontario Foundry, afterward the Canada Locomotive Works ; 
retiring from that he established in 1849 tne Gove Street Foundry. 
In 1862 he went to Portland, but did not begin to reside there per- 
manently until 1867. 

In an obituary notice in tl mian" of Portland, it is stated: 

"Death \ ed by a general dissolution due to his advanced age. 

lie had known for month- thai he had but little longer to live, and. 
having settled all his business, quietly awaited the coming of his last 
grim visitor. . . . He awaited the end in perfect peace, repeating 
: es with a calm confidence and faith beautiful to witness." 
Referring to his establishing : ' street Foundry, it continued: 

"lie established the foundry in [849 and continued to run it until 
i860, in which year he. with hi- son W. 1'.. Honeyman, went to Colo- 
rado, and. after a residence of two years there, removed to the Pacific 

•. arriving at Portland in Dec, [862. After wintering here, he 
returned to the mining region of Idaho. passing four years there. 
mining and erecting quartz mills. Returning to Portland in the Fall 
of 1867, he became an active factor in the development of the iron 
industry of the city. In 1S72. he. in company with hi- sons, I. V. W. 
B. and B. I". Honeyman, established the City Foundry and Machine 
Sho] aw the work- grow from a shop employing a couple of 

men to a place having sixty-five on the pay toll. The numerous saw 
and k r ri-t-mill-. steamers and buildings, the machinery and iron work 
of which wa- turned out at 'Honeyman's Foundry,' attested to the 
ability of the owners and the excellence of the work, the subject of 
this sketch being the master-mind in the development of the business, 
mechanical engineer Mr. Honeyman possessed rare ability. . . . 
He was a man of sterling integrity and strong in his friendship and 



GENEALOGICAL 183 

attachments. He was generous to a fault, and his sympathy and purse 
were ever ready for the needy. He was a member of St. Andrew's 
Benevolent Society since its formation in this city, and for over sixty 
years was a member of the Presbyterian church, during nearly forty 
of which he was a ruling elder therein." .Mr. Honeyman once revisited 
his native country, in 1883. 
(For ch., see infra ). 

398. William, of Glasgow, b. in Falkirk, 1817; d. at Glasgow 
v about 1 [902; m. Sarah Duncanson. He made a visit to his brothers 
in America about 1873. (For ch., see infra). 

399. Michael, of 412 Orange Road, Orange, X. J.. 1>. at Glas- 
gow, 1822: living: 111.. May 6, 184(1, Jane Foye (dan. of James Poye 
and Mary Livingstone), who was b. 1825. He came to America in 
1840, his trade being that of an iron and brass moulder, and settled at 
Quebec, Canada. He went to New York City in 1895, an '' the same 
year removed permanently to New Jersey. He is a most estimable 
gentleman, who has taken much interest in this work. (For ch., see 
infra). 

400. Alexander, of Ontario, Canada, b. at Glasgow, (about) 
1825; present whereabout-, if living, unknown. His brother, Michael, 
says concerning him: "My brother Alexander was employed a short 
time with my brother John at Kingston, ( Intario. He left there and 
went further up the country (probably toward Hamilton), was mar- 
ried, became an agriculturalist, and had one daughter. Since he left 
Kingston I have lost all track of him." 

Children of Michael Honeyman I 305 ) and : 

401. Andrew, who m. Alice , and went to Michigan 

about 1849; was sa ' ( l to have been living a few years ago. He had at 
least two children: John, and a daughter. 

402. John, ^f Kirkcaldy, Fife, b. 1830; d. 1901 ; m., 1848, Helen 
Harkness, who d. in 1869. (For ch.. see infra.) 

Children of Honeyman (396) and : 

403. William Francis, b. May 24, 1819: d. Oct. 20, 1893, m 
Australia; m. Eliza Jane Moore, of Belfast, Ireland, who was living in 
1907. aged seventy-eight. He went to Australia from London in 1850. 
(For ch., see infra). 

404. Walter, stolen in London when a child. 
(Also six daughters, names unknown). 



,S 4 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Children of John Honeyman (397) vnd Eliza Levit : 
;. David A., of Kingston, I Int., b. [838; d, 1857. 

Margaret, of North Gower, Ont, b. (about) 1840; d. May. 
: in. Rev. John Lochhead. Ch.: John, Lillie, Alexander, 
Axxii . Robert, Arthur. 

Elizabeth, of Seattle, Washington, and California, b. 
■I 1843; living; ni.. 1870, William Collier, of Portland, On 
i'Ii.: Randolph, Lillie, Helen, May. Robert, Edith, Martha, 
X11.1 

ihn V. of 1522 Comax Si.. Vancouver, B. C, b., in 
[841; living; m., 1865, Jam- E. Power, of N. Y. 
1 ' 1 from busine f ee infra 1. 

William Bonar, of 295, nth Si.. Portland, Ore., b. 
(about l [845; living; m., 1875, ^gnes McKay, of Canada. 1 For ch., 
infra ). 

410. Fannie, b. 1848; d. young. 

411. Benjamin !■".. of 335 Mason St.. Portland, < >re.. 1. 1849; 
living; m. 1885, Jain- McKay, of Canada. Me i- one of thi 

fohn who carrv on the machinist and foundry business of their 
father; William I'... hi- brother 1 supra 1. being al ngaged. 

ch.. see infra 

412. Martha \.. of San Diego, b. 1851 ; living; m., 1890, 
I '.. Niedt; no children. She resided for a time in New Jersey. 

I [3. Robert, b. [854 : d. young. 

Hannah I., of Portland, Ore., b. 1854; living; m., [873, 
Robert Collier. Children: Robert, Alice, Grace. 

Chili Wh.liam Honeyman (398) \ND Sarah Duncanson: 

415. William, of Glasgow, Scotland; deceased; m. Mary \nn 

Jim. Foi h., see infra I. 

|io. John, of Glasgow, deceased; m. Jane McCafferty. (For 
ch., see infra 

117. Alex vnder, of Glasgow; deceased. 

418. \nne, of Glasgow; d. in infancy. 

p.) Robert, of Glasgow, b. Dec. 1. 1857; d. Aug., [888 

. of Crivitz, Wisconsin, b. Jan. S. iS<"«: living; 
1 1. in Scotland, Jan.. 1881, Gavin Cooper Mel. cm. who d. Oct. 
1 1 in Menominee, Mich.. George William 

■ e in fra 1. 
421. fAMES. of 1 . b. Mar. 7. 1862 : d. 1 > 



GENEALOGICAL - 

Children of Michael Honeyman ( 399 ) AND [ane Fm ,,. 

422. Emily, of Jersey City. N. jr., b. 1848; d 1840 

423. May Foye, of Orange, N. [., b. 1850; living ' 

424. Clara Stowell, of Orange, X. ).. l, 1852- living 

425. H^ry, of New York City, b. 1854; living; m. 1881 Mar 
garet Cox. No children. ' 

426. Samuel, of Jersey City, X. [.. b. l8 - 7 . (] r85o 

427. Bertha Roby, of ( )range, X. f„ l, r86o; i iving 

427a. HORA( E, 1). [863; (]. 18: 4. 

427b. Helen Barbour, of Brooklyn, X. v.. b . r86 S ; living- m 
(1) 1891, John Roberts; (2) c 9 oi, r. Milton White 

427c Gertrude Livingstone, of X. Y. City, 1,. [8 68; living- 
unmarried. ' ' " VII1 si 

Children of John Honeyman ,402) and Helen Harkness: 
428. Michael, deceased. 

England l/"^ "\ l^T^ ^ P " nt " eC ''- v ' ld ' Monm outh > 
England, b., 1856, at Kirkcaldy; living; m ., [une 6, 1875, Margare 

M T° n ; ; VaS ' 0ng n litho ^ a P^r in Liverpool, and te^hn 

instructor ,n , s trade. Some fine illustrations of his work appea 
mthe Rn(lsh Llll ,^ ipli .. for rg93 a [k appea 

London ,n 1905. and to Pontnecoydd in ,007. ( For ch., see infra ) 

m Fannv ^^^'f ^ St - C ^ T ™n, Africa, b. 1864: living; 

[ a " ny ~ - (Iast naille ""known ). ( For ch., see infra ) He 

was formerly a carpenter in the Royal Navy, and was on the old 

loop-of war "Penelope," at Simons Bay. He bought his time e 

turned to Scotland, married, and then went out to Cape Tow T from 

t tjZ T^^ mikS m 3 bull ° Ck Cart Johannesburg 

houses ™ f P °"i' f f " V ShantiCS - He there instructed 

houses for a tew years, and then returned to Cape Town where he 

-en, mto the hotel business, managing the British Indian HoTe, 

431. Andrew, of Kimberly, Africa; , I. about ,892; m (name of 
a^atS' lh " lM '• fl -- i --— -• Had, J^ 

Children of William F. Honevman (403) AND Eliza j Moqre . 

433- Clara Anne. b. (about ) ,H 5 ^ ; deceased ; m„ Mar 28 , 88 ■ 
Daniel Lee. One child. ' 

13 



lg6 I ill HONEYMAN FAMILY 

434 . William Joshua, b. (about) 1856; living; m. Jane Don- 
nelly. Six children. 

435 St. phen Edward, of »<■ < >xford St.. Sydney, Australia, b 
(about) .859: "ving; m. Elily Foster. Two children. 

, ZA f ANEi 1, (about) 1862; living; m. Edward Kelly, 

deceased. No children. 

Henry Wilson, b. (about) 1865; living; m. Edie Waters. 

No children. . . 

43 8. Walter John, b. [869; living; unmarried. 

Children of John A. Honeyman (408) vnd Jane E. Power: 

442 David A., of 996 Page St.. San Francisco, ( al., b. Nov. 1. 
. living; ,„.. Feb. .7. [892, Frances Kaiser, of Grand Rapids, 

Mich. ' For ch., see infra). _ 

William A., of 998 Page St.. San Francisco, 1.. Feb 8, 

[871 ; living; unmarried. 

444. Charles J., of 308, 17th St.. Portland, Ore., b. Apr. 12, 
[876- living; m. and has three children. 

;(5 . Mabel, of Vancouver, B. C, b. Jan. 20. 1880: living; 

unmarrii . 

lM1N V, of Spokane, Wash., b. Mas to, [884; hving, 

unmarried. 

Children of William I'.. Honeyman (409) ^d \.gnes McKay: 

447. I il ORGE. 

I Ethel, of 295, nth st., Portland, ore. 

I y,. William V... Jr. 

450. .1 

151. Frani 

1 52. |cii\ I'.. 

i s^bove all of Portland, Ore. 1. 

Childof Benjamin F. Honeyman (4") vnd Jani McKay: 
,-, Homer II.. of Portland, Ore., b. 1888; living. 

Children of William Honeyman (415) ^" Marv v j,,x, ~ 

454. Mary Ann. 

455. William. 
(.56. Harry. 

457. Sarah J vi 

458. Jane. 
1 5< / Elli 



GENEALOGICAL l8 _ 

Children of John Honeyman (416) and Jane McGafferty: 

460. William. 

461. Jane. 

Children of Gavin C McLean and Margaret Honeyman (420): 
(1). John McLean, b. Oct. 15, 1 88 1 ; ,1. Mar. 31, [888. 
(2). William Honeyman McLean, b. Aug. 26, 1886; living, at 

Crivitz, Wis. 

Children- of John Honeyman (42.,) and Margaret Mason: 

462. Jane Helen, b. Jan. 30, 1876; living. 

463. Margaret Mason, 1.. Nov. 12. 1877; living; m. Arthur 
Smith; resides at Carlisle. England, and has one child. 

4' 4- Catherine, b. Aug. 24. 1879; living. 

465. PRISCILLA, b. July 7. 1S81 ; deceased. 

466. Helen Harkness, of Seacombe, b. May 29, 1883; living; 
m. Charles Higgott. 

467. Esabei 1 A, b. Apr. 9, 1885 : deceased. 

468. John M vson, b. Sept. 4, 1887; living. 

469. Allan, b. Nov. 18. [889; living. 

470. George Andrew, 1.. May 1. [892; living. 

471. Beatrice Marion, b. Mar. 28, [895; living. 
47-'- Hilda Mabel, b. Feb. 28, [897; living. 

473- Ftiiel May, b. Jan. 12, 1900; living. 

Children of William Honeyman 1430) and Fanny : 

474- Frank, 1). (about) 1891. 

475- Harry, b. (about) 1893. 
476. Cecil, b (about) 1897. 

477- Sydney, b. (about) 1904. 

Children of David A. Honeyman (442) and Frances Kaiser: 

478- Elizabeth Nellie, b. in Portland, Ore.. Dec 6 i8o^- 
living. 

479- Mai Frances, b. in Portland, Ore., Feb. 4, 1898; living.. 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HONEYMAN, of SANDPORT, SCOTLAND. 

John Honeyman, of Sandport, was born in 1758, and died Sept 
ir. 1830. He married Margaret Hoy. Their children were: 
480. William, of Sandport, unmarried. 



lg8 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

481. foiiN, of Avenue Gate, Kinross, b. t8oo; d. I >ct. _m. 1879; 
m. Isabella Coventry, who d. Feb. 28, 1S71. 1 For ch., see infra |. 

482. [sabi 1 la, of Sandport. 

di r, of Swans Acre. 
• l Christina, of Avenue Gate, Kinross. 
(85. \1 [i i \i 1 . of Tilliecoultry. 

Child of John Honeyman (481) \nd Isai Coventry: 

|S6. John, of 40 North St., Whiteinch, Glasgow, b. Jan. 13, 
; living; in.. [870, Mary Hall. Mr. Honeyman learned the 
weaver's trade, and then apprenticed himself to a master joiner, b 
n ing - himself in 1862. For four years was librarian of the 

Y. M. C. A. library in Glasgow. He then became again a builder and 
carried thn ugh somi He" was secretary of the Me- 

c han nte and manager of the Victoria Park l". I'. Church 

Mission. Since 1903 has been chairman of the Fifth Ward Committee 
of the city and factor for large property interests. I For ch., see mtra ). 

Children - Honeyman (486) and Mary Hall. 

M \Ri di .-eased. 

48S. J ISM id. 

|X'j. JoH \. deceased. 

1, Isabella, of 40 North St.. Glasgow; living; unmarried 
191. Willi \m. of 40 North St., Glasgow, living; unmarried. 
,,,_■ Peter, of Darwen, Lancashire, living; unmarried. 



ENDANTS OF MICHAE M^ M VN, OF LARBAR1 . SCOT! Wl>. 

Michael Honeyman, merchant, of Larbart, Sterling; Scotland 

babl) a brother to John Honeyman of Goshen, q.v.) died Dec. 21, 

[825, and is buried in the churchyard al Larbart. He kepi a general 

. etc., at Stenhouse-muir, Larbart, and was a verj 

1 man. both as merchant and shipowner. Late in life lie met 

with financial reverses, so thai his children were thrown upon theii 

Perhaps as a resull of il three of them became well known 
in most honorable pro Michael's grand 01 Di John Honey- 

man, writing from Glasgow, in [9 "I have heard it stated 

that my forefathers were fishermen on the Forth and came from 
Ruckhaven prior to their r< in Kinross. They were the firsl to 

rent the Loch I. even for fishing at £60 a year. The rent I ui 

w £1.000." His wife was Janel , Michael's children wen-: 




MR. MICHAEL HONEYMAN, 

< rlasgow, Scot. 

Born 1825; living. ( Pages 138, 189). 




MR. ROBERT HONEYMAN, 

Washington, 1 ). C. 

Born [868; living. | Page [95) 



GENEALOGICAL 189 

493. John, of 21 Carlton Place, Glasgow, 1). Dec. 10, 1796; d., 
at 56 W. Cumberland St.. Aug. 28, 1871 ; m. Isabella Smith, lie re- 
sided at one period at Belmore, Dumbartonshire, and was for a time 
one of the magistrates of Glasgow. (For eh., see infra). 

494. (Daughter), who m. a Mr. McLerie, a farmer. 

495. (Daughter), who m. a Mr. Benson, a sea- faring man. 

Children of John Honeyman (493) and Isabella Smith : 

496. Michael, of 59 Hamilton Drive, Hillhead, Glasgow, b. July 

18. 1825; living; m., Frances Simmer Seton Hector, who is deceased. 
(For sketch of him, see Part I, Chap. YI1I ; for ch.. see infra). 

497. Patrick Smith, of 12 S. Park Terrace, Glasgow, b. Sept. 
29, 1827; living. Has two sons and three daughters living. 

498. Christian, of 142 Cambridge Drive, Glasgow, b. Feb. 15, 
1830; living: unmarried. 

499. John (L.L.D., R.S.A.), of Minewood, Br. of Allan, Stir- 
lingshire (and of 23 W. Cumberland St., Glasgow), b., in Glasgow, 
Aug. 11, 1831 : living; m. (1), June, 1863, Rotheria Chalmers Ann 
Hutcheson. dan. of Charles Hutcheson, Esq., merchant of Glasgow 
and of Beach House, Fairlie. (2) 1867, Falconet Margaret Kemp, 
dau. of James Colquehoun Kemp, Esq. (3) June 1884, S. A. Home, 
eldest dau. of John Home, Esq., of Soulbury, England. ( For further 
particulars of him, see Part I, Chap. VIII; for ch., see infra). 

500. James, of Brisbane, Queensland, b. June 30. 1833; living; 
m., Aug. 3, 1870. Fannie Amelia Burkitt, of London. 

501. Isabella PIelen, b. Mar. 30, 1835; d. 1850. 

502. Janet, b. Feb. 8, 1837; d. 1845. 

503. Agnes, of Glasgow, b. May 25, 1839; d. 1885. 

504. William Siiand. b. July 7, 1841 : deceased. 

Children of Michael Honeyman (496) and Frances S. S. Hector: 

505. John, who d. in infancy. 

506. Robert Hector, who d. in infancy . 

Child of John Honeyman (499) and Rotheria C. A. PIctciieson: 

507. John Rother Charles, commission agent, of Regina, Sark, 
Canada, b. Mar. 13. 18(14: living; m.. May 10, 1893. Frederica Hales. 
(For ch., see infra ). 

Children of John Honeyman (499) and Falconet M. Kemp: 

508. William Frederick Colouehocx. b. Apr. 2j, 1868; d. at 
sea, Jan. 27, 1S85. 






nil'. HOXEYM W FAMILY 



i Mh hael Allan, b. Feb., 1871 : cl., at Davos Platz, 
Switzerland, Jan. _•_•. [885 

ChildofJohn Honeyman mi S. A. Horne: 

510. Herbert I.i\si>. of 23 W. Cumberland Street, Glasgow, b. 
\'ov. 12, [885 : living. 

Children of John R. C. Honeyman (507) and Frederu \ II 

511. Constance M 'RG .■■ 

512. Beatrice Fairlie. 

513. Chari es Fredi RI< Is 

1 Twi 1 1 ithers, \\ In 1 d. in infancy 1. 



!ICK| ?) HONEYMAN, OF BALLINAMORE, IRELAND. 

Mis (or James) Honeyman resided at Ballinamore, Leitrim 
County, [reland. The family tradition is that his ancestors came from 
France and settled in Ireland. If so, it is probable they went from 
land to France in the Eighteenth century. The descendants of 
this family, although often written to, have usually failed to respond, 
lmt it i^ believed that the following names ami relationships are 
correctly stated, so fat- as the) 

Children of Patrick (or James) Honeyman: 

51 1 Harry, of Ballinamore, who m. Rose Doling. For ch., see 
infra 1 

515. George, of Ballinamore. (For ch.. see infra). 

Children of Harr^ Honeyman (514) vnd Rose Doling: 

, of Durarnaugh, Leitrim Co., Ireland, who m. Mar 
• Rodahan. 1 For ch., see infra 1. 

517. Patrick, "f Ballinamore, who m. Catherine McGerit) 
1 For ch . see infn 

518. Geori 
Mary. 

520. Peter, of Newark, \. J. He was a merchant who had a 
e in Newark, and who m. and had ch., but particulars 

are unknown. 

Children 01 Honeyman (516) \nd Margarei Rodahan: 

521 I r Clovei Valley, Nev., I>. Nov. 20, 1832; d., at 

Stockton, Cal., Nov. 28, 1905; m. [nlia McDavitt, Mr. Honeyman 



GENEALOGICAL 



l 9 I 



came to America when about fifteen years old, and in 1S55 went to 
California. He enlisted in the Civil War in Co. I, 3rd Vol. Artillery, 
and was commissioned lieutenant, lie was stationed for several years 
at Fort Douglas, Utah, which he helped to establish, and later was 
made Provost-Marshall of Denver, lie was a participant in the famous 
Bear River fight. At the end of his enlistment he settled down to 
ranching in Nevada, and his property became one of the most valuable 
ranches in that state. (For eh., see infra). 

522. Patrick, of New York City, b. 1830; deceased. 

523. Alice, of Manila, Iowa, b. 1838; living; m., 1855, Edward 
Knott. Ch. : Patrick. James, Frank, Margaret, Will, Edward, 
Peter, George. 

524. Mary, deceased. 

525. Peter, of Nevada, b. 1843; deceased; m. Ann Cafferty. 
Ch. : Mary Alice, Ann. Matilda. Margaret. 

526. Margaret, of Sheffield, 111., 1). 1S45; living; m., Nov., 1868, 
Timothy Ford. Ch. : Mary, Margaret, Patrick, William, Edward. 
Frank, xAlice, Agnes. Catherine, Jennie. Angeline. all living. 

527. George, of 3 Convent Place, Cincinnati, b. 1851 ; living; 
m. and has ch. : George F., Peter, Jennie, Nellie, Jane. Marguer- 
ite and perhaps others. 

528. James, deceased. 

529. Ellen, of Ireland, living. 

530. Mary Ann, of Ireland, living. 

Children of George Honeyman ( s4S> and : 



53' 
53 2 
533 
534 



Henry, of Ireland, living. 
Frank, of Ireland, living. 
George, of Ireland, living. 
Hugh, of America, whereabouts unknown. 



Children of Patrick I Ioma man | 517) and Catherine McGerity: 

535. Tank, of New York City, living, unmarried. 

536. George, of 162 F. 108th St., N. Y. City, living: m. Ellen 
Fitzpatrick. He came to America about 1807. (For ch., see infra). 

537- Peter, of N. Y. Citv. deceased; m, Mary Dolan. (For ch., 
see infra ). 

538. Rose, of Ireland, living; m. James Reilly, and has seven 
children. 

^y>. Henry, of Ireland, living. 



[92 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



Children 01 Francis Honeyman (521) vnd Julia McDavi 

539a. James 1... b. May [6, 1864; d. Apr. 8, [907; m. Martha 

L. Humphrey, who is living at 170, 13th St., Portland, Ore. 

539b. [Catherine J., of Wells, Nevada; living; m. R. M. Steele. 

1 There were also Margaret, and J wii— I... deceased. > 

Children oj Georgi Honeyman (536) and Ellen Fitzpatrick: 

540. James Henry Patrick, cjergyman, of 351 E. 55th St., 
\. Y. City. He was until recently stationed at St. Teresa's Church. 
He is assistant diocesan director of the Society for the Propagation 
of the Faith. V a priesl he is highly respected and a diligent worker. 

540a. Catherine, of New York City. 

540b. George, of New York City, living. 

540c. Nellie, of New York City, living. 

54od. Joseph, of New York City, living. 

Child of Pi rER Honeyman (540c) and Mary Dolan: 

540c Patrii is. of Leitrim Co., Ireland, who d. Sept. 6, 190 
Mary Fec, who d. 1 about ■ infra). 

Child of Patrick Honeyman (540c) ind Maw I 

54of. Francis, of 2921 Walnut St.. Denver, Colo., 1>. Nov. [6, 
[873; living; in., Jan. [4, 1904, Mary Finen, of Roscommon County, 
Ireland. (For ch., See infra I. 

Children of Francis Honeyman (540f) and Mary Finen: 
ornelius Joseph, of Denver, Colo., b. 1904 ; living. 
54oh. Mar^ Fr vnces, of 1 >enver, Colo., b. 1906; living. 



ENDANTS OF PATRII K HONEYMAN, OF CERES, SCOTLAND. 

The descendants of Patrick Honeyman, of Ceres, Fife, Scot- 
land, appear to be uncertain as to his first name, but as lii< grandson, 
Patrick I 1 d t" have been named for him, it i- probable that he 

was a Patrick, lie had a number of children, but the name of one 
only has been communicated, viz. : 

Roberi . who ni Margaret I 'eat. 

Child of Roiiert Honeyman (54oi) and Margaret I '1 at: 

541. Patrick Dempster, of Barntisland, Fife, b. at Gilston, 



GENEALOGICAL ,,,, 

Ceres, 1779; d. i860; m. Isabella Marshall, who was b. 1801 and d. 
1867. (For ch., see infra). 

(There probably were others). 

Children of Patrick D. Honeyman (541) and Isabella Mar- 
shall : 

542. Robert, b. 1822; d. Jan. 8, 1906. 

543. David, b. 1824; d. July 17. [887. 

544. Jean, b. 182(1; d. Feb. 15. 1900. 

545. Margaret, 1>. 1832; d. Sept. 18, igoo. 

540. Peter, of 53 South St., St. Andrews. Scotland, 1>. [829; 
living; is a blacksmith by trade. 



DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL HONEYM \X. OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. 

Samuel Honeyman, of Manchester. England, was married, hut 
the name of his wife has not been ascertained. He may have had 
several children, but the only one at present known to the descendants 
now living in Boston was ; 

^IJ. Peter, of Manchester, England, and Chelsea. Mass., b. 
(about) 1705; d. Apr. 30, 1870; m. Katheriue Owens, who d. Sept. 
1876. I'eter came to America prior to 1832. From numerous certifi- 
cates of recommendation as a seaman it would appear that his name in 
England was Peter Honeyman, but on his arrival in this country he 
spelled his name "Hunneman," as do his present descendants of that 
locality. Mr. Hunneman was a seaman and rigger. (For ch., see- 
infra ). 

Children of Peter Hunneman (547) and [Catherine Owens: 

548. KatheRine, of Chelsea, Mass.. b. 1829; d. Nov. 1895; 

unmarried. 

54'/. John, of Chelsea, Mass., b. Oct. 4, 1831 ; d. May 27. [896; 

m. Nellie Shea, who d. Mar. 22, 1888. ( For ch.. see infra). 

550. Helen, b. 1830; d. Feb. 14, 1848. 

Children of John Hunneman (549I and Nellie Shea: 

551. Katherine, of East Boston, Mass., b. Apr. 5, 1875; living: 
m., Dec. 3, 1894. Louis W. Murphy. Ch. : Walter Louis, Florence 
G., Charles H. 






THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



552. John, of too Bremen St.. Easl Boston, b. June 22, [877; 
living : unmarried. 

553. Nellie, ot i, b. June [6, 1878; living; m., May 
24. 1 1 rinis !.. Reagan. No ch. 

554. Charles, of ioo Bremen St., East Boston, b. Aug. 3, [881 : 
!i vm< r ; unmarried. 



DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS HONEYMAN, OF DUNDEE, SCOTLAND. 

Thomas Honeym \\. of Dundee, Forfar, Scotland, was born 1807 
and died [869 I [is wife was Margaret Baker. Hi- chil Iron were: 

555. Margaret, i ndee, b. 1843; living. 

556. Thomas, of 8 Lawrence St.. Dundee, b [847; living; m. 
Mary Fraser. 1 For ch., see infra). 

557. David, deceased. 

558. Joh \. deceased. 

Children o] Thomas Honeyman < 5 5 ' > 1 and Mary Im; 

559. John F., of [82 Lochee Road, Dundee, b. [869; living; m. 
1 atherine M. Creery. 1 For ch., see infra |. 

Thow vs, b. 1S71 : .]. [892. 
561. William Peton Baker Fraser, of Darlington, England, 
1>. \X~~ : living 

Mary, of 8 Lawrence St . Dundee, b [882; living. 
563. Emily, of S Lawrence St., Dundee, b. 1887; living. 

Benjamin Ford, of 8 Lawrence St.. Dundee, b [889; living 

Children of John F. Honeyman t??<>> vnd Catherine M. Creery: 

565. Thomas, b. 1892; d. Sept., 1902. 

566. Mary F., b. 1898. 

567. Catherine (twin with Mary), b. [898 

568. Marjory, b. [9 



DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM HONEYMAN, OF VLLOA, SCOTLAND. 

William Hoi eyman was bom about [801 and died about 1877. 
He was a native of Alloa, Clackmananshire, Scotland, but hi- ana 
are reported to have come from Fife or Kinross. His wife was Helen 
Mathic. Their children were: 



GEXEALOGKM l() - 

569. William, tanner, of Sherbrooke, Canada, b. 1836; d. [904; 
m. a Scotch lady ami had four children, one of them being fames 

570. Robert, of Alloa, a warehouseman, b. 1838; living; m. 
Helen McLeod, of Tarryburn, Fife, who d. (about) [875. | For ch., 
•see infra ). 

571. Charles, of Alloa, b. 1840, a warehouseman; living; m. 
Elizabeth Lyon. Four children. 

572. Eliza, of Alloa, b. 1843; d - l8 0— tn. George Henderson. 
Five children. 

573. John, of Alloa, b. 1847; living; m. Margaret McFarlane. 
Five children. 

* 

•Children of Robert Honeyman i 570) and Helen McLeod: 

574. William, of Alloa, b. [860 
574a. Grace, of Alloa, b. 1862. 
574b. John, of Alloa, b. 1864. 

574c. Robert, of 105 E St., X. W., Washington. D. C, b. May 
8, 1868; living; 111.. Sept. 17. i8?9, in Texas, Jeanette Stewart, of 
Gatehead, Ayrshire. He came to America in March, [886; enlisted 
at Boston, Mass., March, 1887. in the L T . S. Army, and was assigned 
to the Third I*. S. Cavalry, Troop C, joining the regiment at Fort 
Davis, Texas. Here he saw 'plenty of hard times and chased outlaw- 
Mexicans." He was in two severe fights, with a well-known hand of 
outlaws, headed by the notorious Caterino Garza, at Ritimal and Las 
Pevitos on the Rio Grande. He was recommended for merit by his 
superior, and obtained the rank of corporal: at the expiration of his 
term of enlistment was discharged March. [892. lie then became a 
packer in Dalv's I*. S. Army Pack Train, with which he roamed over 
the Rio Grande frontier for three years more. Me is now engaged in 
the Quartermaster's Department at Washington. No ch. 

574d. 1 Iki en, of Alloa, b. 1870. 

574c Charles, of Alloa, b. 1878. 



DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM ( ?) HONEYMAN, OF COLLESSIE, SCOTLAND. 

William Honeyman, whose first name is not quite certain, of 
Collessie. now Ladybank, Fife. Scotland, married Elizabeth Balfour, 
and their children were: 

579. Robert, of Balmarvie Lodge, Kingsketlle, Fife, b. Sept. 
29, 1833; deceased: m., May 11. 1859. Mary Hampton Boucher, wdio 
was b. Dec. 2, 1837. (For ch., see infra). 



Till-" IH IN] Y\l \X FAMILY 

5 s " William, of Monkstown, Ladybank, living. 

581. Elizabeth, of Monkstown, Ladybank, living. 

582. Margaret, of ( bllessie. 

58.V l.i phi mi \. of Collessie. 

Children of Roberi Honeyman (579) and Mary H. Boucher: 

James, of 25 Jordan Lane, Edinburgh. 

( ["here were ten other children, but names and facts have been 
declined I. 



CENDANTS OF WILLIAM HONEYMAN, OF CUPAR, SCOTLAND. 

VViliam Honeyman, of Cupar, Fife, Scotland, was born aboul 
!,:-•: died [845; married .Man Stark, who was born about 1770. and 
died in [851. Their children were: 

5 8 5' JOHN, Of Cupar, b. Jan. 1. [799; d. Ian.. [880; 111.. Anne 
Stark, win. d. [890. 1 For eh., see infra I. 

586. Alexander, of Glasgow, d. al I 1882; m. a Miss Mellar, 

"' Kedloch He had four children; one son a draper: a daughter! 
who married a Mr. Burnel of Pollokshields, Glasgow; a son in New 
Zealand, and a daughter who married and is living at Carshaira. 

587. 1'iimmas II.. of Edinburgh, who d. about [900; m. a Miss 
Berry, of Guardbudee. His wife was a sister to the Mr. Berry who 
lef< :i lar S e 5um ""> to New South'Wales. Thomas had a 
,!; "' he 1 itt< 1 now living in Edinburgh. 

588. Francis, of Vuchtermuchty, who died about 11 

5^ I of Cupar, b. \.pr. t6, 1805; .1. \ P r. 17. 1891 : m. 

Elizabeth Stewart, who d. Aug. t8, [887. 1 For ch., see infr: 
<< >rder of foregoing uncertain). 

John Honeyman (585) and \\\i Stark: 

M \rgaret, of Cupar, Fife; living. 
5'". William, of Cupar, Fife; living; m., 1878. 

M \ry Ann, of Cupar, Fife; living. 
593. \ndrew, of Glasgow ; deceased; was married. 
594' John, of Cupar, Fife; living; married. 
595' David, of Kirkcaldy; living; ma. 

James Honeyman (589) vnd Ei izabeth Stewart: 
596. M \Ri b iv. g 1828; d. Jul) [2, [829 

597^ William, of (dm Eden, Westfield Road, Cupar, Fife, 1.. 

July -'5. [830; living; m. Elizabeth Formen Anderson I.,- ,-], see 

infra). 




MR. GEORGE HONEYMAN, FOXHALL, COUPAR ANGUS, SCOT. 
Born 1S37; living. (Page 19;). 



GENEALOGICAL 



197 



598. Janet, b. July 25, 1832 ; d. July 1 1 , [837. 

599. Margaret, b. Sept. 4. 1833; d. Nov. 1. [834. 

600. James, b. Apr. [9, [835; d. Dee. 16, 1861. 

601. George, of Couper-Angus, Foxhall, Forfar Road, b. June 
4, 1837; living; m . Helen Muir. lie is a Justice of the Peace and a 
leading citizen. (For ch., see infra). 

602. John, b. May 9, 1830; living. 

603. (Twins, names not given ), b. May 4, 1841 ; d. .May 25, 1841. 

604. Elizabeth, of Newcastle. England, b. Apr. 6, 1843; living; 
m. A. D. Murray. Mr. Murray is the editor of the .Newcastle "Daily 
Journal." 

Children of William Honeyman 1507) and Elizabeth F. Ander- 
si 1 n : 

605. James, of Glen Eden, Cupar, b. May 8, [865; d. Feb. 23, 
1889. 

I William C. of 93 Hope St.. Glasgow, b. June 9, 1869; 

living; in., Oct. 20, 1893, Harriet Elizabeth Barton Leitch (dau. of 
Nicol Leitch, coal-merchant of Greenock) who d. Mar. 21,. 189S. Ik- 
is a ship-broker of the firm of Honeyman & Co.. Glasgow. No 
children. 

607. Jane, of Glen Eden, Cupar, b. Oct. 20. 1872: living; un- 
married. 

Children of George Honeyman (601 ) and Helen Muir: 

608. Stl'art. of Greenside, Coupar-Angus, b. 1866; living; m., 
1896, Mary Ballingall (only dau. of Dr. Ballingall, of Altmont, Blair- 
gowrie, Perthshire, and granddaughter of Sir George Ballingall, sur- 
geon to King William PV. ). 

609. George, of British Columbia, b. [868. 
Muir, of Foxhall, Coupar-Angus, b. 1869. 
Margaret, of Foxhall. Coupar-Angus. b. 1870. 
David, of London, b. 1874. 



610 

fin 
612 
613 
614 



Andrew, of Basuloland, b. 1870. 
Harry, of California, b. 1881. 



DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM HONEYMAN, i'F MARKINCH, SCOTLAND. 

William Honeyman, of near Markinch. Fife, Scotland, was a 
laborer, who married Lovey Webster. He was horn (about) 1785, 
"left home" in 1844, and was never heard of afterward. Their children 
were : 






I 111 HONEYMAN FAMILY 



615. Jani 1. of Leven, Fife, b. May 22, t8io; d. Feb. 8, 1902; 
id Andrew Annay. < >ne child. 

1. in. Wiliam, of Leith, b. Aug. 29, 181 1; d. Dec. 1. [864; m. 
Ann Meldrum. Their children were: William, Agnes, I' 
[ames, Thomas, Robert, Ann. Two of these children are now in 
Africa 

617. A r, of Leith, 1>. Aug. 19, 1813; d, Mar.. 1863; m. 
Catherine Robertson. Had two children, one of whom is in America. 

618. Tliow \S, of Kirkcaldy. b. Sep!. t<>. 1815. He was in. and 
was afterward accidentally drowned. Four children. 

enezer, farmer of Casselton, North Dakota, b, Aug. 25, 
: in. Mary Anderson". 1 For ch., see infra). 
I'... of 1 Henry Place. Edinburgh, 1>. Sept. 9, 1S21 ; 
living; m., Feb. 28, 1845, Stewart C. Watters, who d. May 15. 1857. 
He removed from Fife to America about 1848, but returned to Edin- 
burgh a few \ears ago. In early life lame- was apprenticed as a 
blacksmith, and worked at that trade while in North Dakota. ( For 
ch., see infra I. 

621. John, of Rastray 1 near Blairgowrie), who is probably 
1. Had two sons, both of whom went 1-. sea. 
Isabella (twin with John), who d. in infancy. 
623. Isabella (2nd), who d. May 18, [903; was m. and had 
ral children. 

Lovennie, b. 1823; d. Jan. 14. [907. Ch. : Thomas Baley, 
( ieorge, John, and two daughters, who d. in infancy . 
625. Ji ami:, h. i825;d. Feb. 24, 1902 ; unmarried. 

Children of Ebenezer Honeyman (619) \\i> Mary Anderson: 
[s \i:ll 1 A. 
Margaret. 
628. John. 

/I R, 

Loveni 
631. Christina, of Casselton, X. Dak.: living; m. J. X. Roden 

Children of James B. Honeyman ;d Stewart C. Watters : 

631a. Si ewart, who d young. 

ma Ballingall, b. Feb. 5, 1847. 
631c. Isabella. 
[id. James Watters, b. Maj ro, 1851. 



CHAPTER XI. 

LINE OF SAMUEL HONEYMAN, OF ENGLAND. 

Samuel Honeyman, of (probably) the northern part of England, 
was the ancestor of William Honeyman of Philadelphia, who died 
in 1774. in his sixty-fourth year. The latter was the father of Sam- 
uel D. Honeyman, of Charleston, W. Ya., and Hannibal, Mo., whose 
descendants of the Honeyman name are scattered over the Western 
states. Samuel D.'s sister. Mary, married William Kneass, of Phila- 
delphia, and had numerous and influential descendants residing in 
that city. In order to secure data of the earlier members of this family, 
the author has had a most interesting and long-continued correspon- 
dence with the descendants of Samuel D. Honeyman and Alary Honey- 
man Kneass. The facts finally obtained have been mostly secured 
through Air. Strickland L. Kneass. of Philadelphia; Joseph Ruffner, 
Esq., of Charleston, W. Ya. : Mrs. William II. Baker, of Pinole, Cali- 
fornia; Mrs. Mary E. Wait of New York City and Mrs. L. S. Bonney 
of Chicago. These facts follow : 

Children of Samuel Honeyman and : 



632. William, of Philadelphia, b. in England Dec. 2, 171 1 ; d. in 
Philadelphia, Mar. 14, 1774: m. (1 ), Anne - — . who d. in Phila- 

delphia, her burial date being Dec. 9, 1753; (2), July 27, 1754, Mary 
Fullerton (or Mary Wilson?), who d. in Philadelphia, burial-date 
being Apr. 21, 1760. In the Bible of William Honeyman's grand- 
daughter, Mrs. Mary Kneass, the name "Mary Fullerton, of Carlisle, 
England." is given as her grandmother, but on the Christ church rec- 
ords in Philadelphia the baptisms of the children give her name as 
Mary Wilson. It is probable that she was previously married, and that 
either Fullerton or Wilson was her maiden name. 

Four of the children of William Honeyman and his first wife, 
Anne, were baptised in Christ church, May 2, 1746; and William's 
children, William and Mary, by his second wife, were baptised there 
June 20, 1759. 

William Honeyman seems to have been quite a property owner 
in Philadelphia. In 1709 his property tax in High Street Ward was 
£30. 3. o; in 1774. £3. 6. 6. After his death his estate was taxed as 
follows: In 1779, in North Ward. £30; in 1780. in Mulberry West 



200 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Ward, t'1 1 o.o attei being on a valuation of £6,ooo. (For ch., 

Margar] i. who (I. Mar. 4. 1774 in Philadelphia; the wife 
of a Mr. Streat. X" further information. 



Children of William Honeyman (632) and Anne 
634. William, b. 1 >ct. 5, 1738; '1. in infancy. 



635. Anne, b. Dec. 11. [739; bap. May. 2, i74<i; probably died 
young. 

636. James (twin), b. Dec. 11. 1739: bap May 2, [746; no 
further trace. 

637. Mary, b. (about) 1741 ; probably died young. 

638. Saml'EL, 1>. Apr. 15. 174,^: bap. May 2. 1746; 111.. hut name 

■ ■i" wife unknown. IK- was a house carpenter, who was living in 
1782. The tax lists of Philadelphia show that lie was taxed from 

•■I [782. Apparently Ik- resided in Mulberry Ward from 1769 to 
■ . and afterward in Middle Ward. In 1780 he was taxed £6. 1 -■ " 
• in £2 rial estate. ( For ch., see infra 1. 

639. William, b. Sept, 30, 1715: bap. May 2, 174'': on records 
a- "buried Jul) 6, 17 u5." 

640 CiiAi tered on the records as "buried Jan. 6, 1765." 

641. Jane, entered on the records a- "buried Dec 20, 1767." 

Children of William Honeyman (632) vnd Mar^ Fullertoi 
Mary Wilson i : 

642. William, b. June ,?. 175'*: '1. June 25, 1788; m., Nov. 9, 
1780, Jane Davisson. The name of his wife appears as "Davisson" in 
1 lie Bible of his daughter Mary, twice, and afterwards a- Davison. He 

■ linl when onlj twenty-nine years of age, ami followed fur a time the 

'i! of a silversmith ami jeweller, and perhaps his father >li<l this 
ire hint. 

Ill- was probably the same who served in the Revolutionary War 
a- Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Penna. Continental Line. If ^, ,, he 
was wounded in the- chin ami righl shoulder Feb. 5, 1777. and was 
transferred t" an Invalid Regiment, July 1. 1777 (Penn, Archives, 
Vol. in. p. 399; \ < -1 II. p. -'''71. Another record says, Ik- was "Lieu- 
tenant of Invalid Regiment Infantry, Col. Lewis Nichols, Jan. 15. 
1777: transferred July 1. 1778." lie is repi later, 

nd, ami in have served in the Colonial service, bul this seems 
•nl 1 Fi ir cli 




Of West Virginia and Missouri. 
Born 17SJ; died 1849. (Page 201). 



GENEALOGICAL j,,i 

Children- of Samuel Honeyman (638) and : 

643. Mary, entered on the Christ Church (Phila.) records as 
"buried Sept. 26, I/69." 

(144. (Xante not given), entered on same records as "buried 
Jan. 3, 1772." 

045. (Name not given), entered on the same records as "buried 
Aug. 25. 1772." 

646. Samuel, entered on the same records as "buried Sept. 13. 

J/75-" 

(There may have been others). 

Children of William Honeyman ((142) and Jane Davisson : 

047. Samuel Davison, b. Aug. 15. 1781; d. Sept. 6, 1781. 

648. Samuel Davison (2nd), b. Sept. 10. 17X2. in Philadelphia; 
d. June 25. 1X41); 111.. Mar. 31, 1805. in Philadelphia, Mary Jane James. 
(dau. of Robert B. James, who is said to have come to America from 
Scotland), who d. prior to October, 1847. She is said to have been 
born in Philadelphia. Samuel D. was the father of perhaps fifteen 
children, and a very interesting man in his day. Concerning him the 
following, from two different descendants, will throw much light: 

Mrs. William II. Baker, of Pinole, California, granddaughter of 
Samuel, who has furnished more information about him than I have 
been able to obtain from any other source, under date of Jan 8. 1908, 
wrote: "What I can tell you of my grandfather is from memory only. 
I have his picture and some letters of his, dated [845. My father. 
Robert D., often told me be was ,,f Scotch descent, and that his great- 
uncle, John Honeyman, was a spy of George Washington.* Father 
was born in Xew Jersey, and his father removed from there when 
Robert was quite young, to Charleston, W. Va. Samuel H. Honey- 
man married Mary James, who is said to have been a descendant of 
or relative to Lord Lovell. By her he had fifteen children, but the 
record of them was destroyed during the great fire at San Francisco, 
where they were in the possession of my sister. When Samuel lived 
in Virginia he was civil engineer for the government and was paid 
mostly in land-patents for his services. I have heard my father tell 
many times of his trading them for a horse, a negro, or a pair of boots. 

"After his children were mostly grown, lie went to Hannibal, Mo., 
to live, where my father then was. lie brought great bundles of those 
land-«rants which were stored at mv father's house. After his death 



This seems to be conjecture, as I have not been able to trace the matter to proofs. 
14 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

the heirs, taking no interest in them, or not caring to incur the expense 
of employing a lawyer to find out if the land had a valuation, the} 
finally boxed up and sent to the cellar, where they remained mam- yoars 
Becoming musty and damp, my mother, to whom they were always a 
: annoyance at house-cleaning time, burned them, and per- 
haps a fortune as well. Father Robert had many letters during his 
lifetime from England, telling him of vast fortunes held in Chancery, 
awaiting Honeyman heir-, but as a demand for money in large amounts 
was required in advance to push the matter, and as father was skeptical, 
no attention was ever paid to the matter, except to forward copies to 
the different heirs. When Samuel moved to Missouri, about [840, 
he worked at his trade as jeweler and watchmaker, and had a small 
store "t" his own. lie was a gentleman in education and dress; always 
broadcloth and a -ilk hat. His linen was immaculate, and he was 
most particular that the fine linen ruffles on his shirt were laun 
with care, lie was a devout Melhodist, and a man respected by every 
one with whom he came in contact. 

•'While living at Hannibal, Mo., the cholera broke out, mortality 
ssive, and. becoming frightene Iced his valuables in a 

trunk, and left imboal for Cincinnati, where hi- wife 

was visiting his daughter, Elizabeth Ruffner. He was taken with 
cholera mi the In .at. arriving there Sunday morning, and died the follow- 
ing 'rue-day. I have in my | n the letter from Aunt Eliza- 
beth with detail-, hut unfortunately -he did not date her letter, and it 
was written befon imps or envelopes were used. The date 
• if 'June _>-' i- .hi it. hut nol the year. I am sure that when 
grandmother died -he was living with my Aunt Ruffner in or near 
Newport, Kentucky." 

Joseph Ruffner, Esq., of Charleston, W. \ '.. a grandson of Sam- 
uel l>. Honeyman, has made an investigation of the Kanawha County 

rds, and writes: "II I appearance of the name of S. D. 

Honeyman on the records is in the year iSji. June 20, in a deed from 
• him for a lot of land. In a deed dated April 1. 1818, 
made by the widow and heir- of Roberl I!, lames 1 hi- father-in-law 1 
it i- recited that Samuel I). Honeyman and Mary, hi- wife are of 
Princeton, in the state of New Jersey. So hi- coming to this region 
\pril 1. [818 and June jo. iSji. Robert I'.. lame-, his 
wife'- father, had owned a tract of land in this and adjoining counties 

tning 93,000 acre-, and it cannot be doubted from subsequent 
tran relative to tin- land that Samuel's objeel in coming here 

was I it and dispose of it. ft is now worth millions of dol 



GENEALOGICAL 20 , 

lars. Samuel died in Cincinnati. Ohio, at my father's house, and was 
buried in the Catherine Street burying-ground in that city. I [is remains 
were subsequently removed to Evergreen Cemetery near Newport, 
Kentucky, where his widow was also buried. 1 lis tombstone is marked 
'S. D. H.' He died June 25, LN40." 

Mr. Ruffner. in .May. [908, found an old resident of Charleston 
who remembered Samuel D. quite distinctly, lie described him as "a 
quiet, unobtrusive man. small of stature and long of nose, lie was 
a silversmith, or watchmaker, a Methodist class leader, and was straight 
and honest in his dealing. Mis wife was the ruler of the household 
and his mental superior." This old gentleman also remembered Sam- 
uel D's son, William, of whom he did not speak in high terms. He 
remembered also the son "Fullerton," who was "well liked and with 
many admirable qualities, and who wen: West." 

An interesting letter from Samuel D. to his son Robert, dated 
July 10, 1845, is >n the possession of Airs. VVm. II. Maker, of Pinole, 
California. It give; particulars of a visit to Cincinnati, to see his 
daughter. lie desi ril es the trip quite minutely, and was -astonished" 
at the size and splendor of the house occupied by his daughter, Eliza- 
beth, then the wife of Air. Daniel Ruffner. From this letter I quote: 

"On Tuesday, at noon, we left Hannibal in the 'Mermaid' Capt. 
Glieson, a very clever man. ami arrived in St. Louis at daybreak next 
morning. We secured a passage immediately on the - . a Pitts- 
burg boat, at $5:50 to Cincinnati, hut did not leave until the next day. 
Thursday. It proved to be an excellent boat, and crew in every wise 
unexceptionable. The weather was quite cool and pleasant, aiid the 
Ohio in a very fine stage. We landed here early Monday morning, 
procured a hack, and rode down to ATr. Ruffner's; found them at home 
all well and received a cordial welcome. Elizabeth lives splendidly; 
her house is a handsome brick, marble steps and platform around it; 
on the outside a beautiful iron railing, a hell too, the fixtures to which 
cost, some say, near Sioo. There are lots, one on each side of the 
dwelling: the one is laid out with vines, shrubbery and flowers; the 
other is unimproved, hut which he intends to build on. Their house 
contains eight rooms and a kitchen, with a hydrant near the kitchen 
door. The house is furnished from top to bottom with expensive Brus- 
sels and Scotch carpeting. She has three large mahogany rocking- 
chairs, with hair-spring seats, several sets of mahogany chairs, hatr 
bottoms, a great variety of mahogany tables. Tuport ( ? | beds,' bed- 
steads and their furniture, two mahogany an 1 hair sofas, looking glasses, 
bookcases, bureaus, cupboards; and I was indeed astonished at the state 



I 111. HONEYMAN FAMILY 

of things, having had no conception of the quality and quantity, besides 
the elegant cut-glass chandeliers in the parlours. Ii was the old 
man Well, he can afford it. He told me his son, Nat Wilson, 

in boring, has just come to gas, and the best water on the river is on 
Mr. Ruffner's place: and he says, if it should continue, he would hot 
be willing to take $100,000 for it. The child. Walter, is as good-look- 
ing as you would wish t" see, and very healthy. Albert i- well and 
pretty. Caroline has not yet returned : her family i- -till here but is 
I daily. 
"I shall in a few days go up to Charleston. I wan: to see how 
things are there. Mr. Ruffner want- me to stay with Elizabeth a few 
weeks, until he can go on a little business "n Kanawha, and says he 
will bring or -end mother and Sidney down. Do not think I can 
wait. Chloe will remain with Elizal The place i- ver) 

crowded: a verj great demand for hot much so as was ever 

known. A great many under way. From my heart I wish you were 
hen- a- mechanicks do well, especially carpenters, and William would 
have ten chances to one in Hannibal here. Elizabeth has the elite of 
the 1 ill upon her. you will hand this to Mary and 

Letitia, and will at this time save me the pains of writing more, as 1 
want to attend to some business in town preparatorj to going home 
Give my love to your wife and children, to Mary Martin'-, family, 
William. Letitia's children, and receive your father'- cordial and affec- 
tionate de-ire- for your health, prosperity and well-being in this and 
the world to come. 

"S. D Id INEYM \\\" 

So much of the above letter has been given in detail, not onlj be 
it i- interesting, but b I indicate- the name- of some of his 

children who were living at the time. Where sentences are unfinished 
tuse the letter was torn there and could not be made out. 
1 l'< >r ch. of Samuel 1 > . see infra |. 

Mary. b. Mar. 15, 1785; d. May 9, 1826; m., June 23, 
William Kneass, of Philadelphia, who was b. at Lancaster, Pa., Sept 
25, 1780 and d. in Philadelphia Aug. -7. [840. \ descendant -.1 
\li- Kneass, that "from tradition handed down to the family -he was 
an unusually well educated and refined young woman." \ portrait 
of hei . n tin opposite page. It -how- how beautiful she 

nth. Mr. Kneass was an engraver of the 
(Jniti Mint, and he and Mary Honeyman left a lit :end- 

ants of unusual force of brain and character and influence. (For 




MARY J. JAMES (MRS. SAMUEL I). lluXEYMAX). 
Died 1847. ( Page 201 ). 



GENEALOGICAL 2QI , 

particulars of Mr. Kneass, see Part I, Chapter VIII; for ch see 

infra). 

Children of Samuel I). Honeyman (648) vnd \Lun James: 
(Order of following not quite certain). 
6 S°- Alexander Fullerton, b. Dec. 24. [805; remove,! to 
Charleston, W. Va., and afterwards went to Cincinnati; dale of death 
unknown. 

651. Jane Anne, 1,. Dec. 20. [807; said to have m. a Shrews- 
bury. 

652. William Kneass, b. July 31, 1809; '"• and had a daughter 
.Margaret, who in. a Air. Kennedy. 

653. Caroline Lauren* e Smith, of Cincinnati, O., b. Dec. 28, 
1811; d. Mar. 1, 1851; in., July K», 1829, William Hille, who was b! 
Feb., 180; and ,1. ( >ct. 7, [836. | For ch., see infra). 

654. Robert Davison, of Denver, Colo., b. July 9, 1814 at Prince- 
ton, N. J., d. Alar. 3, [899; m., Jan. it. 1836, Amanda Woodeth Saund- 
ers (dan. of Henry Bliss Saunders and Phoebe Wilbur), who was b. in 
Oswego Co., N. Y., Sept. 20. 1812, and d. Dec. 15, 1898 at Denver. 
He was a builder. It is stated by one of his chidren that he was born 
"near Princeton, X. J.," and such is the record in his Bible. ( For ch 
see infra ). 

655. Mary, of Durango, Colo., b. Aug. t6, [816; d. Oct. 5, 190] : 
m., Jan 28, 1834, James Hudson Martin, of Nelson Co., Va. Airs. 
Martin wrote, in 1897, some interesting letters to her granddaughter, 
Mrs. L. C. Bonney of Chicago, concerning her ancestors, in which she 
states that she went to Charleston, W. Va., when six years old, and 
married there; removed to Hannibal, Mo., in [842; resided afterward in 
Chicago for eight years; removed to Kansas City, Mo., where her 
husband died; and afterward, at the close of four years residence in 
Kansas, she removed finally to Durango. She recited the names of 
her brothers and sisters in about the order herewith given, but omitted 
Alice. (For ch., see infra). 

656. Alice, who d. in 184'). or earlier. 

657. Letitia Porter Breckinridge, of Hannibal, Mo., b. 1820; 
d. 1870; 111., Jan 28, 1834, William S. Landcraft, who was b. [798. Air. 
Landcraft went to California in 1849. was fortunate in gold-mining, but 
was not heard of after 1851, and was thought to have been the victim 
of foul [day. (For ch., see infra). 

658. Amanda, of Atchison, Kans., b. (about) 1823; d. (perhaps 
before) 1849; ni., June 8. 1837, Ben Calvert. 



1 ill HONEYMAN FAMILY 

659. Elizari mi. of Glendale, O., and Elkton, Ky., b. [827; d. 
Aug. 31. 1881 ;m. 1 1 I, 1839, Albert Russel Singleton ; (2) [844, Daniel 
Ruffner, who was b. near Luray, \'a.. Nov. 1 1. 1700 and d. in Ky. July 
31, 1865; (3) 1871, B. F. Grimes. There were no children by Mr. 
( Irimes >ther ch., see infra 1. 

loe Davison, of Cincinnati, O., b. about 1829; d. (ab 

. m. Albert Cuningham. A letter of Chloe's, dated Jul) to, [845, 
written to her brother, Robert D., has been preserved and shown to the' 
author. It is apparent that at that time she was not married, as she 
signs her name "Chloe Honeyman." She was probably married soon 
after, and while the date of her death has not been ascertained, it is safe 
ume From other evidences that she died before 1850, although a 
relative think- she survived until i860 

661. Sydney Ida, of Cincinnati, O., b. (about) [831; d. Nov. 1. 
1852; 111. lame- Johnson Porter. She i- spoken of as possessed ol 
much beauty, 1 therwise a highly attractive lady. Mr. Po 

uently m. her niece, Lavinia P. < 5 infra). 

!i m , Craig, b. (about) 1833; unmarried. 

(I Ine descendant states there were fifteen children, but if so the 
others mi in infancy. It was stated by Mrs. Mary. Martin. 

ng, that the last four children named above were born 
in Charleston, W. V'a., and rs in Phil But Robert D., 

in his family Bible, wrote that he was born at Princeton, X. J.; and 
it must have been during a visit of his mother thither, as there ap] 
to bi of his father ever having resided there 1. 

Children ok William Kneass \nd Mary Honeyman (649 

1 lly Kneass, b. Mar. 14. 1805; m. 1 name 
of wife unknown), and died in Havana, Cuba. 

Sam iel Honeyman Kneass, of Philadel] 
..f national reputation, b. Nov 5, 1806; d. Feb. 15, 1858; m., at New 
Orleans, Mar. 14. 1837. \1111a V Lombaert. (For -ketch of him, see 
Part I. Chap. VIII). Ch.: 

Charles Lomhaert Kneass, b. Dec. 14, 1837; d. Dec. 31. 

: unmarried, lie was a captain in il War. and was killed 

while leading his regiment at the Battle of Murphreysbon > par- 

'art I. I liapter \ 1 1 1 1 

William Harris Kni vss, of Philadelphia, b. June 18, 1839 . 

1882 ;m Noch. 

Mary Honeym w Km vss, of Philadelphia, b. Jan. [8, [841 : 

d. Jan. 18, 1900; 111. Edward Randolph Wood, wh I 17th 



GENEALOGICAL 207 

and Locust Streets, Philadelphia. Ch. : Richard Dale Wood, who d. 
in infancy; Anna Kneass Wood, who d. in infancy; Charles R. 
Wood; Juliana Wood; Marian Honeyman Wood; Edward Ran- 
dolph Wood, Jr.; Roger Davis Wood, who d. in infancy. 

(d) Samuel Honeyman Kneass, of .Milwaukee. Wise. b. Mar. 
20, 1844; d. Nov. 4, 1902; m. Charlotte Shade, who resides al 110 At- 
water Ave., Derby, Conn. Ch. : Herman Lombaert Kneass, b. Sept. 

25. 1880. 

(e) Franklin Kneass, b. 1846; deceased. 

(3) Anne Kneass, b. Dec. 20. 1807; d. Apr. 3, 181 1. 

(4) Jane Kneass (twin), b. Dec. 29, 1807: d. Sept. 22, 1891 ; 
in., Oct. 20, 1835, John S. McMullin, Jr., who was b. Jan 21, 1808, and 
d. (about) 1873. Ch. : (a) Maria Ord McMullin, b. Oct. 1, 1X30; 
deceased; in., Dec. 28, 1858, John Thompson Beyard, of Leitersburg, 
Md. (b) Mary Honeyman McMullin, b. Aug. 24. 1838; d. Oct. 
28, 1870; m., Oct. 7. 18(19, William Mills Risdon, of Alt. Holly, N. J. 
(c) Samuel Honeyman McMullin, b. Sept. 27, 1840; deceased; m. 
Margaret S. Cavanagh. (d) George Ord McMullin, b. June 13. 
1842; d. July 17, 1871. (e) William Kneass McMullin, b. Sept. 

26, 1844; d. Dec. 13. 1844. (f) John Rose McMullin. b. June 7. 
1846; d. Dec. 2^, 1848. (g) Samuel Winchester McMullin, b. 
Sept. 11, 1848; d. Oct. 29, 1872. 

(5). William Kneass, 1>. Aug. 31, 1809. 

(6). John Feltman Kneass, of Philadelphia, b. Dec. 22. 181 1 ; 
d. Apr. 17, 1831. 

17). Strickland Kneass, of Philadelphia, b. July 29, 1S21 ; d. 
Jan. 14, 1884; m.. Aug. 17. 1853; Margaretta Sybilla Bryan (grand- 
daughter of Hon. George Bryan of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl 
vania). who was b. Dec. 29, 1823, and is living. Mr. Kneass was a 
civil engineer and surveyor, and a railroad man of high reputation. 
(For particulars of him. see Part T. Chapter VIII). Ch. : 

(a) Ann \ Kneass, b. Oct. 4. 1S54; d. Feb. 8. 1855. 

(b) Mary Bryan Kneass, of 31 Highland Ave, < (range, X. J. 
b. Nov. 2. 1853; living; m., Mar. 30. 18S0. Isaac Crane Ogden, Jr., 
(only sun .if Isaac C. Ogden, of New York, and Amanda Matilda 
Meigs), who was 1,. Feb. 20, 1850. and is living. Ch. : Montgomery, 
b. Jan. O. 1881, and graduated at Princeton College, class of 1902; 
Bryan Kneass, b. Mar. 24, [883; Helen, b. Jan. 31. 1887; and Mar- 
garet, b. Sept. 30, lS^g. 

(O Margie Bryan Kneass, of Tremont Place, Orange. X. J., 
b. Dec. 4, 1857; living; m., Apr. 20. 18S2, J. Ralston Grant, of Phila- 



Till HONEYM \.\ FAMILY 

delphia (s. of Charles Henr) Grant and Emma Collin), who was b. 
Jan. u. [856, and d. Aug. 26, [903, ( li. : Rl< HARD BRV VN, I>. Mar. 9, 
1883, and graduated at Princeton College, class of 1904; Meredith, 1j. 
Mar. 1. 1885; J. Ralston, jr., b. Jan. 10. 1890; Sm\i\ Bradford, b. 
Mar. 26, [89 

1 1I1 Strickland Landis Kneass, of 418 So. 15th St.. Phila- 
delphia, Pa., b. Jan. 7. i86i : living; m., ( let. 24, 1888, Mary Stewart 

ards, of Red Bank, \. J. (dan. of Isaac C. Edwards and Charlotte 
Brown Stewart), who was t>. May 15. 1 S< .4. 1 For sketch, see Pari I.. 
Chapter VIII). Ch. : Strickland, b Jul) io, 1889; Edwards, b. Vpr. 
7. 1891 : Gei irgi P.k\ an, b Ocl 25, [897. 

1 Bryan Kneass, of 265 \V. 7_'d St.. New York City, 
b. Oct. 15. [862; living; m., Mar. io, [892, Vnnie Watson Brownlie, of 
Orange, X. )., (dan. of Alexander Brownlie, b. June 17. 1833, near 
Glasgow. Scotland, and Janel Stewart of Dundoon, Scotland, b. Dec. 
24, 1835 and d. at < Irange, Feb. 9, [890). No ch. 

Henrietta Logan Kneass, of New York City, b. Mar. 3, 
1869; living; m.. Ma\ 20, 1891, Rev. Stanley White, I >. D., of New 
York Cit) (s. of Erskine \ T orman White, b Ma) 31, [833 and i 
Tracy Nelson, b. < let. 5. [836 and d. Mar. 31, 1894), who was b. Ma) 
-. 1862 Dr. White 1- a corresponding Secy of the Board I ireign 
Missions of the Presbyterian Church at 1 5* . Fifth Ave., X. Y. City. 
( h.: Eli \nor Stanley, b. Mar. 26, 1892; Margaretta Kneass, b. 
Mar. in. 1895; Erskine Norman, b. May 3, 1899; John Strickland, 
b. Dec. 24, 1903; Elizabeth (twin), b. Dec. 24, 1903, and d. in 
infancy. 

Children of William Mum \nd Carolini L. S. Honeyman i 653 1 : 
iM, Mary Fredricka Hille, of Cincinnati, b. June 7, [830; d. 
Ian. 26, 1883; m., Oct. i,i. 1851, Nathan Marchant. Ch.: Frank 
March vnt, of Wyoming, O., b. 1 let. 13, [852; living; m., Jan. 6, 1X7). 
Delia Van Doren 1 dan. of John Todd Van Doren and Ann Doggi 
who was b. Oct. 11. 1853, and is living. Has one ch.. Myrtle, who is 
m. in C. I'.. I luxton. 

Frederick Aui Hille, of Winchester, hid., b. at 

eston, W. \ a.. May 7. 1832; living; m. (i),< »ct. 1 \. [852, Sarah 

as b. in Ocean Co., X. ).. Feb. 14. 1835, and d. 

at Harlan, la., Dec 11,1888.(2 O 6, 1891, Mollie Baird; di\ :d 

Mr. Hille served in the Civil War from Vug. 2, 1861, to A.ug. 2, [864, 
ml of Co. I. 12th 111. Cavalry Vols ( li. : 



GENEALOGICAL _,.„, 

(a) Maggie Hille, b. Oct. i. 1853; ,1. in infancy. 

(b) James W. Hille, b. Feb. 8, 1855; d. Feb. 14, 1855. 

(c) Charles W. Hille, b. Jan. u. 185(1; d. Alar. 2, 1851,. 

(d) Lilly E. Hille, .if Spring Hill, 111., b. Jan. 2. 1858; m., Ian. 
2, 1878, Wyatt Lamphere. Cb. : ( 1 ) Nora M. Lam ph ere, b. Apr. 23, 
1880; m., Dec. 8, 1897, Ralph P. Upton and has three children. (2) 
Ethel M. Lamphere. b. Sept. 10, 1883; m., Nov. 1, [905, James Cox, 
and has one child. (3) Robert H. Lamphere, b. Sept. 2, 1 836. ( fi 
Bessie V. Lamphere, b. Jan. 28, 1888. (5) Carl C. Lamphere, b 
Jan. 23, 1890. (6) Emery II. Lamphere, b. May 2. [892. 171 Ross 
C. Lamphere, b. May 23, 1897. 

(e) Lettie M. Hille, b. Jan. 29, 1861 ; m. (1), Dec. 21,, 1881. 
Emery Potter, who d. Jan. 10, 1884; (2) Aug. 11. 18S7, Robert 1'. 
Dammand. Ch. (by E. P.): Myrtle H. Potter; m.. Oct. 21, 1906, 
Alex. T. McDonald. Ch. (by R. P. D. ) : Vera Dammand. b. [888; 
Thelma 1!. Dammand. 

(f) Minnie M. Hille, h. June 28. 18(15; ni.. Sept. 28, 1887. 
Addison G. Bates ; divorced 1906. Ch. : ( Irace 1 ndependence Bates, 
b. July 4, 1888; Laura Nickerson Bates, b. Aug. 17, 1893. 

(g) Carrie P. Hille, b. Mar. 26, 1867; d. Dec. 15, 1886. 

(h) Frank Nathan Hille, b. Oct. 5, [869; m.. May 1. [889, 
Lue True. Ch. : Marguerite. 

(i) Roberi M. Hille, b. Oct. 22. 1877; d. Sept. 26, 1878. 

(3). Henry James Hille. of Cincinnati, b. Sept 22 iSu- d 
1849. 

(4). William Robert Hille. b. Jan. n, 1837; d. Apr. <>, 187^; 
m., Martha Holmes. Ch. : 

(a) Caroline Hille. b. Feb. 19, 1858: d. July 1. 1859. 

( 1) ) Virginia Ella I [ille, b. Oct. 22, 1800 ; living ; m. William 1'.. 
Heal, and has ch. : Ciiaki.es Manly; William Robert; Clifford 
Wallace; Clarence John ; Alfred Edward; George Sanford; Ger- 
trude; Martha Elizabeth; Grace Lillian; Bertha; Mabel. 

(c) William Henry Hille, b. Mar. 8. 181,4; living; m. Clara 
A. Otto, and has ch. : Robert William; Wallace Frederick; Isa- 
bella Virginia; William Henry; Lorraine Acton. 

(d) Wallace Harry Hille, 1>. Alar. 3. 1801,; living; m. Corinne 
Phillips, and has ch. ; George; Lily Alice; William Stanley. 

Children ok Robert D. Honeyman (654) and Amanda W. Saund- 
ers ; 
663. Lavinia Patrick, of 490 Prospect St., Oakland, Cal., b. 



2io THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

at Charleston, \\ . \ a.. Nov. 13, [836; living; m.. May 23, [854, James 
Johnson Porter, of Cincinnati, O., who was b. at Greenburg, hid.. \ ] >r. 

[828, and d. at Oakland. Cal., June 27, [882. Mr. Porter had 
previously m. Sydney I. 1 see 66i, supra I. "Mrs. Porter wont to Cali- 
fornia with her husband fifty year- ago, crossing the plain- in a 
covered wagon drawn by oxen, and has in MSS. an interesting account 
of her journey." 1 For ch., see infra). 

1 \ Ann, 1). at Charleston, W. Va., Jan. u. 1841 ; d., at 
Peoria, 111.. Sept. 5, [881 : m., Nov. 5, 1857, at Hannibal, Mo., Jol 
Hoagland, who was b. at New Germantown, \. J.. May 12, (834, and 
is living al El Paso, III. Mr. Hoagland went West about [850 and 
settled at Alton. 111., residing at other place- afterward. ( If his wife, 
Letitia Ann. a relative write-: "You can count it a great loss that you 

• met that grandest, brightest, sweetest of women. Such rare and 
fragrant flowers cannot come from nettle-. It proves there was 
Honeyman family." (For ch., see infra 1. 

665. Sami m Hi 1 Choteau, Cherokee Nation, I. T., b. at 
Hannibal, Mo.. Dec 19, 1838; d. Aug. 8, [883; m.. July 23, r866, 
Minnie Bell Armstrong, of Buffalo, N. Y., who was b. June 17. [846, 
and d. Dec. 1882. He was a teacher of the Cherokee Indian- when 
he died. 1 For ch., see infra 1. 

666. Roberi Hawkins, b. Mar. 17. [843; d. July 9, 1X44. 

667. Ciiari Dunning, of Pinole, Cal., b. at Hannibal, Mo., 

Feb. 21, [846; living; m., Nov. 8, 1864, William Henry Baker, who 
was b. al Campton, N. II.. ( let. [6, 1846. Mrs. Baker ha- furnished the 
author with much valuable information concerning her grandfather's 
family and relative-, and i- one of the most interested members of this 
line. 1 For eh., see infra 1. 

\d,\ Byron, of 1 L23 1 lay St.. San Francisco, 1 al.. b. Sept 
j.:;. 1848; living; m. 1 1 >. Sept. 2, t866, John J. V Quealy, who was b. 
at Taunton. Mass., in 1X44 and d. at I lannihal. Mo.. Sept. 27, 1X75. 1 _> 1 . 
1 harles I'.. SI. .at. who was b. at Watertown, N. Y, July 
-"'■ 1854 (3), July 1. 1890, Austin Waldo Smith, who wa- b. in 
( 'anada, [842. No eh. 

Emma Jam. of Hannibal, Mo., b. Nov. 10. 1850; d. June 
12, 1853. 

er Roberi . -f I lenver, 1 olo., b. at I lannihal. 
Mo., Ma) 2, 1853; living; m., Dec. iS. 1N77. Rachel I Hi-, who was 

Preble, X. Y, Aug 9, 1X57. lie i- connected with the Dei 
& Rio < irande R. R. I For cl • e infra 1. 

071 Sally Mary, of 1340 Sheridan Road, Chicago, b. at Hanni- 



GENEALOGICAL _ >n 

bal, Mo., May 20, [856; living; m.. Ma) 22, [879, Major L. C. Gage, 

who is manager for an [ron and Sled Structural Works in Chicago! 
( For ch., see infra ). 

Children of James H. Martin and Mary Honeyman (655): 

(i). Samuel Hudson Martin, of Hannibal Ale. b. Nov. 4. 
1834; d. Sept. 27, 1855. 

(2). Letitia Caroline Martin, of Kansas City, Mo., b. Sept. 
22, 1836; deceased; in. (1) Edward Rollins, of \ a. ; (2) George 
Wetherell. By Mr. Rollins she had one child. Virginia, who m. [ohn 
Summers, resided in California, and had a daughter Mabel. 

(3). Sarah Jane Martin, of 530 Third Ave.. Durango, Colo., 
b. Jan. 15. 1838; living; m. George W. Lewis. Ch.: Ira IIi-dson 
Lewis; < iry M \ynard Lewis. 

(4). James Henry Martin, of Hannibal. Mo., b. Apr. 9, 1841 ; 
d. June 7. 1847. 

(5). Mary Elizabeth Martin, of Chicago, b. 1 let. 3, 1843; <!• 
Aug. 22, 1888; m., Apr. 30, 1862. Archibald Rodne) Chambers, who d. 
Dec. 20, 1805. Ch.: (a) Nellie Byron, b. Mar. 14. 181,3; ,1. Sept. 18. 
181,3. (b) Edward Rawlins, of Chicago, b. Feb. 2j. 181,5; living; 
unmarried, (c) Franklin Hudson, of Chicago, b. Mar. 23, 1817: 
deceased; m.. Aug. 11,. [892, Myrtle M Snyder, (d) Fitzwilliam 
Henry, of Chicago, b. Nov. 13. 1871 ; living; m ., Sept. 14, 1898, Har- 
riet Baer. (e) Gertrude d'eh, b. Sept. 10. 1 88 1 ; deceased; m., Sept. 
17, 1906, David L. I tolland. 

(6). William Henry Martin, b., Feb. 25, 1846; d. Sept. 23, 
1883; m. Nellie Hale. Ch. : Minnie; Benjamin. 

(7). Araminta Martin, of Chicago, 111., b. Sept. 2, 1848; living; 
m., Dec. 24, 1868. Benjamin Franklin Laker, who was 1>. Aug. 22. 
1842. Ch.:(a) Mary Olive, of 830 West Adams St.. Chicago, b. 
Dec. 17, 1870; living: m.. Aug. 14, 1805. Lawton Corl Bonney. (hi 
William Edwin, b. Jan. 25, 1875; living; m., July 9, 1898; Jessie 
Rosenetta Brandow. to Minnie Frances, b. Nov. 2j, 1870: de- 
ceased, (d) Franklin Benjamin, b. Oct. 31, 1883; unmarried. 

181. Margaret Martin, of Durango. Colo., b. Oct. 2-. 1850; 
living; m. Edward Earle. Ch. : Harry. 

101. Robert Franklin Martin, of Durango. Colo., b. Nov. 8. 
1852; living; unmarried. 

(10). Ella Amanda Martin, of Durango. Colo., b. Oct. 14, 
1854; living; m. (1) — — ; (2) William Chapman. They 

have a son. William C. Chapman, residing in Durango. 



2i2 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

(u). Georoi V. on Martin, b. June 14. '857; d. May 

5, 1869. 

(12). Edward Rawlins Martj 1, b. Feb, 9, [859 ; d Jul) 2, : 

Children of William S. Landcraft and Letitia P. B. Honey 
man (657) : 

Saxdford Landcraft, of Missouri, 1j. Jan. to, 1836; d. 
Nov., [863. He was a corporal in the 101I1 Mo. Infantry in the 
Civil War. and died of wounds in the Battle of Missionary Ridge 
1 

Hudson Landcraft, of 3435 Truesl St., Kansas 
City, Mo., b. Feb. 18, [838; living; m. Sarah McCoy. Ch.: Royai 
Sandford; Charles Angell; Elton; Mattie May. 

Mary Eliza Landcraft, of 242 Wesl 1 16th St., New 
York City; b. July 3, 1842; living; m. (1), Oct. 8, 1862, Charles 
II. Angell, of Providence, R. I., who d. [887. (2) Aug. 19, [897, 
Edgar Fiske Wait, of Chicago, who d. 1900. Ch.: (a) May, 

b. Ma) 6, [863; d. ( >ct. 5. [865. (b) Nellie M vbel, b. Mar. 26, [866. 
living; m., Louis E. Granger, deceased, and resides al Middle Island, 
L. I. 1 ol Granger wa Hicer in the Civil War. 

1 I 1. S 'orter Landcraft, of 419 Payson Ave., Quincy, 

111., b. Jan. 19, [848; living; m., Nov. 8, [874, Marian Ellwood. He 
is a very successful business man of Quincy. Ch.: (a) Ada Ellwood 
Landi raft, of < hnaha. Neb., b. July 29, [875; living; in. Richard W. 
Moore. iney Hudson Landcraft, b. May 24, 1885; living; 

unmarried. 

Child ok Aim ki R. S m vnd Elizabeth Honeyman (659 

1 1 ). \i.i:i.ki Russei Sing n, who d. Ma) [8, 1903; m., La 

vinia Mayo, who is living. No ch. 

Children of Daniel Ruffner and Elizabeth Honeyman (659): 
1 1 1. Walter Ri ffner, b. Nov. 14. [844; '1 Feb. u. i8« 1 

I > mm Ri i 1 \i r, of Erlanger, Ky. b. Feb. 1. 1847; living: 
unmarried. I IN business is in Cincinnati, with the firm of K. Single- 
ton > v 

of Charleston, W. Va., b. < »i-t. 29, 1848; 

living; m.. Oct. 25, 1875, Mary Anna Jackson. He is a lawyer ol 

Charleston, who was admitted to the Bar in [860 and stands high 

in tin He has furnished much important information 

■ ruing hi- relatives, especially about his grandfather, Samuel 



GENEALOGICAL 21 } 

D. Honeyman. Ch. : (a) Richard Jackson Ruffner, b. May 31, 
1881 : d. June 7, 1890. (b) Joseph Ruffner, b. Apr. 5, [891 : living. 

(4). Virginia Ruffner, of Paris, France, b. June 30, 1851; 
living-; m., 1870, J. E. M. Stoughton. Ch. : Virginia, who m. a Air. 
Johnsi in. 

(5). William St. John Elliott Ruffner, of Richmond, [fid., 
b. Mar. 23, 1854; living: m., 1884. a Miss Montague. Ch. : Daniel. 

Children of James J. Porter \xi> Lavima P. Honeyman (663): 

I 1 ). Robert Andrew Porter, b. at Hannibal, Mo., Feb. 18. 
1855; d. at Oakland. Cal., Mar. 17. 1869. 

(2). Ida Estelle Porter, b. at Folsom, Cal., Oct. 29, [860; 
living: m., June 6, [883, George Moore Shaw, who was b. at Cherry- 
field Me.. Jan. 8. 1853. Ch. : la) James Porter Shaw. b. May 8, 
1884; (b) George Moore Shaw. Jr.. b. Dec. 31, 1885. 

(3). Annie Florence Porter, b., at Brooklyn, Cal., Aug. 17. 
7802; d., at Oakland, Cal., Apr. 2^. 1907; m.. Feb. 17. [880, Varne} 
William Gaskill, who was b. at Forbestown, Cal., Feb. 11. [857. Ch. : 
Varney William Gaskill. Jr.. b. Oct. 11, 18S2; d. Jan. 25, 1889. 

(4). Gustave Helmaka Porter, b. at San Pueblo, Cal.. Aug. 
2, 1866; d. at Oakland, Cal., Apr. 29, 18(19. 



Children of John C. Hoagland and Letitia A. Honeyman (664) : 
(1). Amanda Hoagland of Chatfield, Minn., b. Sept. [9, 
1858; living; m. Dee. 30. 1884, John Rnssel Halst, who was b. Dec. 12. 
[845. No ch. 

12). Ada Genevieve Hoagland, of Kansas City, Mo., b. Dec. 9, 
1859; living; m., June 27. 1878. Frederick Allen Slichter, who was b. at 
Galena. 111., Jan. 25. 1855. Ch. : (a) Edith Hoagland Slighter, 
b. Mar. 21, 1879; living; m. C. E. West; she resides at Little Rock, 
Ark. (b) Anna Katherine Slichter, b. June 7, t88o; living; un- 
married, (c) Faith Genevieve Slichter, b. Jan. 5. 1885; living; 
unmarried. ( d ) Amy Burke Slichter, b. May 21, [887; d. Oct. 4. 
1887. (e) John Frederick Slichter, b. Sept. 21, 1888; living, (f) 
Grace Amanda Slichter, b. Nov. 7. 1890; d. Nov. 26, [890. (g) 
Annie Florence Slichter, b. June 23. 1893; d. Dec. 15, 1897. 

(3). William Henry Hoagland, of El Paso. 111., b. Feb. 14. 
[861 ; living: m., Oct. 8. 1800, Nellie Louise Thompson, who was b. 
Apr. 18, 1869. Ch.: (a) Ruth Letitia, b. Nov. 26, 1803; living. 
(b) Louise Genevieve, b. Nov. 20. 1895: living. (c) Gertrude 



2I 4 



1 III'. HONEYMAN FAMILY 



Betsy, b. Jan. 16, [898;Hving. (d) Gi hop, b. June 23, [899; 

living, (e) Wilhelmina Thompson, b. July 9, 1901 ; living. 

Di \n Hoagland, b. Nov. 9, i s< ,_> ; ,1 Dec. 7, 1X1.7. 
(5). Li in Hoagland, l>. Feb. [3, 1866; d. July 

(6). Grace Bishop Hoagland, b. [une 23, 1867; d. fan. 1 =;. 

I sss. 

(7). I- B. Hoagland, of Sullivan, Ind., b. July 5, 1870; 

living; m., June 4, [890, Theodore Butler Shaffer, who was 1>. Sept. [8, 
[859. Ch. : (a) Graci Letitia, b. Jan. 31, 1892; living, (b) Arthur, 
b. June [5, [894; d. Aug. [9, [895. (c) \m Marguerite, b Mar. 
13, 1896; living. .. li. Vug. 8, 1907; living. 

Hoagland, of St. Louis, Mo., b. Feb. 23, 
[877 : liviiiL: : unmarried. 

SANNAH FRrDLEY HOAGLAND, of Dongola, [11., 1). June 

jj, 1880; living; in.. June 4. 1903, John Peter Christensen, who was 
1>. Nov. 6, 1880. Ch.: (a) Steven Ho i b Vpr. 2, 1905 (b) 

r John, b. Jan. 17. [907. 

'tin H. Honeyman (665) vnd Minnie B. Arm - 

673. John !»i \> \ Meredith, of Georgetown, Texas, b. May 
3, 1867; living; 111.. May 20, [900, Kate IX .Ian. who was b. Aug. 8, 
1879. Owing tn the death of hi-- parents when young, Mr. Honey- 
man wa- left tn shift fur himself, ami the result was lie traveled all 
over the United States; was -even years at sea; served in Troop A. 
First Volunteer Cavalry (Roosevelt's Rough Rider- 1 in the Spanish- 
American War: and since then ha- been engaged with the International 
and (.teat Northern R. R. Co. in Texas, beginning as brakeman and 

ning conductor. (For eh., see infra 1. 

674. William, b. July 9, 1869; d. July 14. 1871. 

675. \n\ Byron, of 1823 Clay -t.. San Francisco, b. Maj .;. 
t87i : living; unmarried 

IE, b Mar. 17. [873; d ( let. [6, [873 
Robert, b. 1 let. 13, 1X7) ; d. I let. 17. 1X75. 
678. II >m n . h. July 5. 1X7N; d. June in. [880. 
1.7./. Mary Myrtle. 1>. \)<<\ X. 1880: d. Inly jj. inn-. 

CH1LDOF I E D. HONEYM w I 667 1 VND WlLLIAM II. BaI 

1 1 1. Roueri James Baker, hanker, of Denver. Colo., h. la) 
-•5. 1X74; living; m.. Nov. 15. 1898, Elizabeth F. Gutilius, whn •• . b 



GENEALOGICAL 215 

at Mifflinburg, Pa., Jan. 24, 1872. Ch.: Robert Gutilius Baker, b. 
at Denver, Sept. 2.7, 1900. 

Child of Oliver S. R. Honeyman (670) and Rachel Ellis: 

680. Beverly Genevieve, b. at Stoutsville, Aid., < >ct. jj. iKKi ; 
living; m„ Sept. 4, 1906, Harlan E. Rupp. 

Children of Major L. C. Gage and Sally M. Honeyman (071 ) : 
(i). Ralph Hawes Gage, of Chicago, 111., 1>. Aug. 12, 1S80; 

living; in. Nell Davidson. 

(2). Doris Gage, b. Oct. 8, 1884; living. 

Children of John D. M. Honeyman (673) and Kate Dolan : 
O81. Robert Samuel, b. Jan. 1, 1901 ; living. 

682. Meredith, b. June 8, 1902; living. 

683. Annie Lau^a, b. Dec. 22. [906; living. 



ill \ITKK XII. 
LINE OF JOHN HONEYMAN, "THE SPY OF WASHINGTON." 
|ohn Honeyman i- -aid i" have been bom at Armagh, Ireland, 
,,(■ Si h ancestry, in 1729 or [730; fought under General Wolfe 

uebec; went to Philadelphia, where he married: move I to Gi 
lown, Somersi 1 V J., prior to the Revolutionary War; served 
during a 1 ortion of thai \\ ar as a sp) of < ieneral Washington : and re- 
m ov( 1793, Bedminster township, Somerset county, where 

he died Vugust [8, 1822, "in his ninety-third year." He married 1 1 |, 
in Philadelphia, about 1764, Man Henry, of Colerain, Ireland, who 
was barn June 4. 1738 and died June 24, i8oi ; and erhaps 

aboul tfrs. Elizabeth Burrows, who was an Estel. There were 

children by Mrs. Burrows. John had -even children by Mary 
Henry, -"me of whom were probably born in Philadelphia. The par- 
ticulars of his eventful life. SO far a- known, appear in Part I. I 
VI. Hi- children are given in the order usually assigned, hut it is 
dently incorrect : 

J wi:. b. (about 1 1766; d. May <>. 1836, "in her seventy-first 

;" buried in churchyard at Lamington. X. J. Some particulars 

• I her appear in the Chapter upon her father. Her will, dated May 

^. 1823, probated June 6, [836, signed by her mark, made bequests to 

Mary Cortelyou, Sarah Henry, Mary Van Hike. Sarah Van Dike and 

\hraham Van Dike, and named, a- her executor. Abraham Van Hike 

Wills, Book I-'. i'. 1 17 I. 

685. Eleanor, who married Abraham Porter. They are -aid 

ave had children, hut the parents earl; ed to northwestern 

New York, and their descendants have not been discovered. 

kit. .>f Bedminster township, Somerset Co., X. J.. 
I). 171,7; d. Jan. 31, 1821; m. (1), Jan. to, [799, William Henry, 
farmer, who was b Sept. 7. I7<>;. and d. *Ulg. 25, 1807; (2) I >■ 
1810 Armstrong, who was b. Apr. _>t. !7<>i and d. Jan. 7. 

1 William Henry lived at the head of "Honeyman's Lane," his 
lence being el,, e by that of hi- father-in-law. I Armstrong 

had previously married. Ma) 17. 1799 Hannah Riggs, who d. June 
im. - I by whom he had thn , 1 1 Martin, b. Mi 

1804 : d. Feb 1 1. 
1812 (3) Mary Rig| 




MR. JAMES HONEYMAN, NEW GERMANTOWN, \ J. 
Born i-;ii; died 1824. (Page 217). 



GENEALOGICAL 

There is an entry in the record of the Reformed Dutch church 
at Harlingen, N. J., under dale of Mar. 22, 1767, which translated 
reads: "The wife of John rlonniman brought his child Picki for hap 
tism." [f this was intended for "Peggy," it must have been the bap- 
tism oi Margaret, in which case she was born in [767 or earlier. Rut 
the date in the text (1769) Letter corresponds with her age as given 
on her tombstone, which says, "aged fifty-two." The year 1767 
would seem to be more nearly correct, because her brother John was 
certainly born Sept. 9. 1769, and she was never noted as a twin. ( For 
ch., see infra). 

687. Mary, m. Matthias Lane. They removed to Ohio, although 
for a time after her marriage Mr. Lane was a tenant on farms in Bed- 
minster township. (For ch., see infra). 

[Matthias Lane descended from Hendrick Thyssen Lanen, of 
Brooklyn, b. 1650; d. 1693; ,„. ( T ) Sept. 28, [679, Annatie Tileman 
Vander Meyer, whose second child was Thys Gysbrechts Lane. bap. 
1683 in Brooklyn; m. Ann Schenck. He and his father removed to 
Monmouth county, X. J. The will of Thys was probated Aug. 18, 
1729. His fourth child was Matthias Lane, originally of near Free- 
hold, N. J., b. Jan. 18, 1721, and ,1. Jan. 17. 1804; m . Elizabeth 
Sutphen, who was b. Feb. 18. 1723, and .1. Jan. 20, 1S07. He was the 
first Lane to settle in Bedminster twp., Somerset co., X. L, where he 
owned a farm of 300 acres, near Vliet's Mills. Their children were: 
(1) Margaret, who married a Wyckoff. | 2 | Catherine, who married a 
Dumont. (3) Ellen, who married a Hammer. (4) Tebus (Mathias), 
who married Mary' Honeyman. (5) Ceisbert. (6) John. (71 Peter. 
(S-) Derrick, who married Alary Bunn, and who was the father of 
the late Matthew Lane, of Bedminster. X. J. (9) Elizabeth, who mar- 
Tied William Craig], 

688. John, of Bedminster township. Somerset Co., X. J.. 1.. 
Sept. o, 1769; d. Afar. 3, 1830: m. Catherine Covert, of North Branch, 
N- J- who was b. May 6, 177;,. and d. May 31. [859. lie was a farmer. 
I For ch.. see infra I. 

689. James, of New Germantown, Hunterdon Co., X. [.. b. May 
20. 1770. at Griggstown, X. J.; d. July 23. 1824, at New Germantown ; 
m.. Mar. 2-1. 1707, Mary Miller (dan. of Robert Miller of Warren Co.! 
X. J.), wdio was h. Alar. 11. 1770 and d. Mar. 0. [869. Mary m. (2) 
May 4, 1838 Major William Todd, of Bedminster township'. Somer- 
set Co., X. J., who was b. (about) 1757 and served as a private in the 
Revolutionary War; was also a Major in the War of 1812. In her 
later years she received a pension as Major Todd's widow 

IS 



2I g Hi . YMAX FAMILY 

fames Honeyman in early life assisted his father in farming on the 
homestead located on Honeyman's Lain-. Bedminster Town hip, S >mer- 

... and then i iSu became a hotel keeper at New Germantown. 
His hotel \\a~ noted far and wide for its hospitality and for the jovial- 
ity of its landlord. He was a singer of considerable note and led the 

ing schools" of his vicinity. In the year [813, in pari through 
his instrumentality, the "New Germantown Turnpike Co." was char- 
tered and organized. The roai tted by this company began at 
North Branch, Somersel 1 •. where it branched off from the New 
Brunswick and Easton Turnpike, and in its day was greatly traveled. 
A line of stagi ran from New Vork to New Brunswick, thence 
..ver the last named turnpike through Somerville to Easton. The 

ch turnpike ran through New Germantown and had its terminus 

erman Valley. It was one of the ways by which New Yorkers 
and others could reach Schooley's Mountain, then famous for its 
springs. lames Honeyman was not only one of the principal - 
holders, hut president of this branch company. In the wake of the 

any foil, .wed many land speculations, and there were num< 
ones at New Germantown, in which Jai tie of the unfortunate 

speculators. While the companj was in existence for several years 
it never paid dividends, and was not successful. It was 1 that 

Henrv Clay ami other notabilities 1 >ver this turnpike to 

11 .lev's Mountains, stopping for dinner or over night at the 1 [oney- 
man hotel. James was a l 1 a Justice of the Peace in 1823, 

serving about one year, until his death. Various town improvements 
at Xew Germantown were due to James, especially in the opening of 
new streets. There were many anecdotes told of him to show his easy- 

charai eristics. 1 F01 other partii 
fan 1 "i inr I [1 niie," p. uS 1. 

Marv. wife of James I loneyman, was an unusual landlady, having 
an excellent mind, much ambition and clear-cut convicti 'iis of her 
own. In her later years she resided in a small house west of the 
v. being provided for b) her two sons. Dr. John and 
Robert M.. who saw to it that the wants of her declining years were 
abundanth supplied. She was within two ,1.0.- of ninetj 
age at the lime of her death. 1 For ch.. -ee infra 1. 

Sarah, of Bedminster township. Somerset Co., X. J., b. 

(about 1 1780; d. June .,. 1845, "in her 66th year:" m. Abraham Van 

rmer, who wa b (aboul 17751 and d. \pr. 21, 1854, "in his 

year." He was a man of education and property. Both are 

buried in the churchyard at Lamington, X. J. Abraham Van Dike was 



GENEALOGICAL JH) 

the s. of Abraham Van Dike, who d. Alar. 9, 1804 in his 51st year, 
and Ida Stryker, who was b. Feb. 17, 1755 and d. Aug. 8, iSji, their 
tombstones being also in the Lamington churchyard. Sarah and her 
husband resided on a farm to the north of the west end of "Honey- 
man's Lane" in above township. Their descendants write the name 
"Van Dyke." (For eh., see infra). 

Children of William Henry and Margaret Honeyman (686) : 

(1) Sarah Henry, of Bedminster township, Somerset Co., N. 
).. 1). July 19, 1803: m. Abram Vliet, fanner. Their children were 
(1) Catherine, who m. William I). Honeyman, (704) farmer, of Lam- 
ington, N. J.; (2) Margaret, who m. Isaac Voorhees, carpenter, of 
New Germantown, and later, of Peapack. 

(2) Mary Henry, of Bedminster township, Somerset 1 '■>.. \". J., 
b. Nov. 12, 1801 ; m. Nov. ii, [819, Henry Cortelyou, farmer. 

(3) William Henry, of .Millstone, b. Apr. i. 1808. 

Children of George Armstrong and Margaret Honeyman (686): 
( 1 ) John Honeyman Armstrong, id" near Peapack, X. J., 1). 
Aug. 3. 1812; d.. at Cincinnati. ( >.. Feb., 1874; 111.. Feb.. 1844. Harriet 
Welch, who ,1. Feb., 1870. Ch. : 

(a) George Armstrong, of Cincinnati, b. Jan. 29, 1845: living: 
m., Sept. 24. 1874. Abbie Newton. I le is head of the Armstrong Print- 
ing Co., of 419 Elm St., Cincinnati. Ch. : Frank Newton Armstrong, 
do John Martin Armstrong, b. in New York City Nov. 25, 
1847; d. July 1. 1906, at Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; m., Aug. 8, 1872, Marian 
B. Thompson, who was 1>. in Cincinnati July 12, (852 and d. at Dayton, 
Ky., Mar. 3, 1901. He learned the trade of printing with the Meth- 
odist Book Concern, where he was employed for about thirty years. 
In 1902, after a civil service examination, he received an appointment 
at the Government Printing Office at Washington, lie was a member 
of the G. A. R., having belonged to the 10th < >hio Battery, and served 
during the Civil War. Mr. Armstrong, when in business in Cincin- 
nati, resided at Dayton, Ky. for a time, and while there he was an 
official of the M. E. Church. Ch. : ( a ) Harriet May, b. July 30, 1873 ; 
living, resides at 2220 Washington Circle, Washington, D. C. (b) 
Edith Katherine, b. Nov. 13. 1875; living; resides at 927 F. Mac- 
millan St., Cincinnati ; unmarried. Is a trained nurse and very success- 
ful, (c) Fanny Lenore, b. Nov. 13, 1877; living, at Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; 
m., Aug. 8. 1004, Albert G. Ross. Ch.: Charles Martin Ross, b. Mav 
5, 1906. (d) Charles Martin, b. Mar. 2. i8 Q 2; living; resides at 



1111'. HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Ft. Thomas, Ky. : unmarried; is engaged in ]>rinting ink manufac- 
ture, (e) Marian Belle, b Ma) _>i. 1887; living ai Washington, 
l» 1 .; unmarried, (f) Annie Kennett, b. .Mar. 25, 1889; living; 
resides at Washington, D. C. The two last named have Government 
i >n- in the Agricultural Department at Washington. 

Anna B. Armstrong, of Newburgh, X. Y.. b. Feb., 1862; 
living; m., Jan 5, 1892, Hugh Davidson. Ch.: Virginia, b. May 6, 
[895. 

William Honeyman Armstrong, 1>. Feb., 1864; living, 
al 383 Dearborn St., Chicago; m., Jan. 3, [889, Mary B. Ammann. 
Ch.: (a) Howard J., b. Oct. 26, [889 (b) Mildred II. . b. Dec. 20, 
1895. 

Children of Matthias Lane and Mary Honeyman (687 
mi M \ 1 1 hew Lane. 
121 John Lank, of Mt. Vernon, O. 

( ill.BERT I - 

Mir I. \\K. 

m Lane, who married a Van Dyck, and had two 
. John and William 

(6) Gertrudi Lane, who married a Groff, and had two sons, 
1 me named \ wm :rvi k iri ( Iroff. 

k of John Honeyman (688) vnd Catherine Covert: 
William E., farmer, of Lamington, X. J., b. Sept. 3, [796; 
d. Sept. 14, 1872; 111.. Jan. 4. [823, Jane Lozier, who was b. July 4. 
In hi< younger days he was a clerk in a -tore in Peapack, X. J. 
In 1832 In pnrcl of land in Bedminster township, X. J.. 

about r ■ miles north of Lamington, the farm of William Henry, de 
ceased, and resided thereon until his death. He was a thoroughly 
conscientious and systematic churchgoing man. with an unusual fund 
of goorl nature His will was pro 2, 1872. el co. 

Wills 1 l For ch., see infi 

Mary, i i ross Roads, X. ).. b. Jan. 30, i, - ')^: d. 

al Pat '.' J., Dec 20, 1832; m. (1) William Demond; (2) \n- 

drew Griffith, tailor, who was b. Nov. 30, 1787 and d., at Paterson, X. 

I.. \ug. 20, r86i . < \ndrew Griffith had a previous wife) 1 For ch., 

1 

rmer, of Peapack, X. J . b. « let. 18, t8oo; d. Nov. 
in.. Feb. 26, 1825, Susan Mien (dau. of Jeremiah Allen and 
lennii f mar Mendham, X. J.), who was b. \]>r. 1. > 




MR. JAMES HONEYMAN, 

Peapack, \. J. 

Born iiSoo; d. 1871. (Page 220). 




MR. PETER HONEYMAN'. 

Peapack and Trenton, N. J. 

Born 1807; d. 1878. (Page 221 ). 



GENEALOGICAL 221 

and (1. Nov. o. [897. He was a fanner, owning about 90 acres of 
land near Peapack, purchased in parcels between 1831 and [839, which 
farm he sold in 1857. anil removed to Plainfield, X. J. He subse- 
quently resided on Craig Place, North Plainfield, and died there, aged 
92 years. His photograph (facing this page) shows him to have 
been a characteristic Honeyman in his features; i. e ., thoroughly 
Scotch. Susan, wife of James, was in her 03rd year at her death, and 
was "greatly admired for her many excellent qualities. She retained 
almost to the very last her mental and physical faculties. She exerted 
a Christian influence which was felt by all with whom she came in 
contact." (For ch., see infra). 

< 94. Jane, of Princeton, N. J., b. Oct. 8, 1802; d. Mar. 4, 1879; 
m., Feb. 12, 1825, John Voorhees. No children. 

695. John, farmer, of Peapack, N. J., b. May 9, 1S05 ; d. Alar. 
14, 1S68: m. (i) Apr. 21, 1827, Barbara Ann Schenkel (afterwards 
spelled Shangle; daughter of Frederick Schenkel and Maria I'atrey, of 
Pottersville. X. J.), who was b. Sept. 14. 1807 and d. Dec. 6. 1842. (2) 
Susan Crater (dan. of Philip Crater and Susannah Sutton), who was 
b. Jan. 11, 1817. He owned a farm of twenty-three acres "on the 
road from Peapack to Lamington." from 1822 to [832, when he sold 
it to his brother James. He died on a farm, which he owned in his 
later life, midway between Found Brook and Xew Brunswick, and 
was buried at Somerville. His will was proved Alar. 26, 1868, as per 
Somerset Co records. (For ch., see infra). 

696. Peter, farmer, of Peapack, and Trenton, X. J., b. Dec. 21, 
1807; d. June 18, 1878; m.. Nov. 17. 1832, Eliza Allen (dan. of Jere- 
miah Allen and Jennie Laverty, of near Mendham, N. J.), who was 
b. Aug 20. 1808 and d. Aug 3, 1880. While a farmer near Peapack 
he was, in 1849, a deacon of the Bedminster Reformed Dutch church; 
in 1854 was collector of that township; and in 1859 was on the town 
committee. In his later life he removed to Trenton. (For ch., see 
infra). 

697. Auram Van Dyke, of Somerville, X. J., b. Mar. 18, 1810; 
d. Jan. 11. 1878; m. Betsey Benbrook ( dau. of Stephen Benbrook and 
Sarah Brown), who was b. Apr. 22, 1814 and d. Apr. 28, l807- (For 
ch., see infra ). 

698. Henry, b. < )ct. 2j. 1812; d. Aug. 10, 1S21. 

Children of James Honeyman (689) and Mary Miller: 

699. John (M. D. ), of Xew Germantown, X. J., b. Feb. 22. 
1798; d. Jan. 2, 1874; m., May 24. 1831, Elizabeth Schureman Nevius 



I HE HONEYM \\" FAMILY 

:. of Peter S. Nevius and .Maria Van Doren of Pleasant Plains, 
1 >., N. J.), who was b. Feb. 17. 1811 and d. Oct. 12, (889 
(For particulars of him, see Pari t. Chap. VII; for ch., see infra). 

700. Rohert Miller, merchant, of New Germantown, X. I., b. 
Nov. 23, [800; (1. Nov. 25, [873; m. IM Jan. 23, [828, Mary Ann 
au. of Matthew P. Lane and Elizabeth Honnell), who \\ 
25, 1810, and d De ;. 1836; (2) Jul) 24, 1838, Marj 
Hedges (dau. of Dr. William W. Hedges,* of Chester, X. J.), who 
was 1). Se] i- 8, [815, and d. May 26, [889. 1 For particular- of him, 
see Pari I, Chap. VII; for ch., see infra). 

Mary Ann, of New Germantown, N. J., b. Nov. 29, [802; 
died Jan. 15. 1847; m-. Feb. 9, 1821, Peter R. Fisher, who was b. Mar. 
-•". 1798, and d. somewhere in the West, date unknown. I te 
his father-in-law as proprietor of the hotel at New Germantown. 
After hi-, wife's death he in. ( _> ) Francinka Lane, who was b. \pr. 2, 
[823 and d. Dec. 31, 1874. Peter R. Fisher was the son of Judge 
r Fisher of Hunterdon Co., and Anne Runk, who resided near 
Clinton, N. J., (By his second marriage he had two children 1 a 1 Mary. 
' t. 28, r85o;d. Feb 20, [887;m. Horace Lobb. (b) Kate, b. \pr. 
859; d. Jan. i->. [888; in. Erwin < ». Blair). | For ch., see in 
702. Margaret, of near Vliettown, X. J., b. Nov. 27, [804; m., 
31, [825, Simon YV. Vliet, farmer, from whom she obtained 
a div ei 1 ears. They resided at or near ] 

New Germantown and Prii \". J. In her later years she lived 

with one of her children. He m. (2) Annie Willet. 1 For ch., see 
in ft. 

Cm if Abraham Van Diki vND Sarah Honeyman (690) 

Mary Van Dyke, of ( hester, X. J., h. (about) [803; d 
Nov. 24, 1869, "in her 67th year:" 111. Stephen Hedges Hunt. Wit- 
her death he m (2) ( atherine I lildehrant. who is living at New Bruns- 
wick, X. J., at the age of 94 years. 

Ida \ •• Dyke, of Vliettown, X I . 1, Apr. 17. 1805; d. 
1 |. 1866; m. Richard S. Vliet, miller and farmer, who was b. Maj 
21, r 808, and d. Nov. 26, [889 He kepi the mill- at Vliettown and m. 
Hid time. 
(3). Is \A< Van lh Kl . who d. in infancy. 

John Van Dyke, a Justice of the Supreme Court of New 
n. X. ].. \pr. 3, 1807; d. Dec. 24, 1X7N at Wa 



•pon the HCcci f.imity will Ik- |..un<l in Part IV, Appendix. 



GENEALOGICAL 2 21 

basha. Minn.; m., Mary Dix Strong (dau. of Prof. Theodore Strong. 
L.L.D., of Rutgers College and Lucy Dix ). ( For sketch of Judge \ an 
Dyke, see Part I., Chapter VII.). Their children were: (i ) Theo- 
dore Strong Van Dyke, of Daggett, Cal., b. July iq. 1842: living; 
m. Lois A. Funk. (For sketch see Part I. Chapter VIII). (2) Fred- 
erick W. Van Dyke, M. D.. of Grant's Pass, Ore. b. Jan. i_\ [852; 
living; m. Apr. 12, 1878, Minnie E. Comstock. One ch. (3) Robert 
Van Dyke, of Wabasha, b. 1854 ; d. ( about ) 1885 ; m. Mary Westphal. 
He was a lawyer. One ch., Mary, who is living. (4) [onx Charles 
\ an Dyke, L. H. D., librarian of Sage Library, New Brunswick, X. ]., 
and well-known author and lecturer, b. Apr. 21, 1856; living: unmar- 
ried. (For sketch of Dr. Van Dyke, see Part I, Chapter VII). (5) 
Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke, b. July, 1863; d. at San Diego, Cal., 
Mar. 23, i8: ;, o; unmarried 



Children of William E. Hoxevmax (691 ) and Jane Lozier: 

703. James Henry, dentist, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, b. Jan. 20, 1820; 
d. Aug. 12. 1908: m. (1), Dec. 28, 1851, Sarah Swingley ; (2) .Mrs. 
C. E. Dunskell. No children. Dr. Honeyman was one of the besl 
known citizens of Mt. Gilead. He went from New Jersey to Cincinnati 
about 1848 and located there, but soon after went to Chesterville, Mor- 
row Co., O., and a little later stationed himself at Mt. Gilead, where 
he resided until his death. An obituary notice of him says: "There 
was a time when Dr. Honeyman drove better horses than were driven 
by "any of his neighbors, and in this he took much pleasure. lie was 
a dentist who years ago did a large business. The Doctor was always 
jolly, and in society he had around him the best and most substantial 
class of citizens. . . . However, circumstances with the Doctor 
changed radically, and the last sixteen years of his life have been spent 
mostly at the infirmary. His death was the result of gangrene in the 
right foot." 

704. William Demond, b. Feb. 8. 1824; d. Sept. 11, 1900; m. 
Oct. 12, [849, Catherine A. Vliet, who resides at 110 S. nth St., 
Newark, N. J. He was a farmer near Somerville and Middlebush ; 
kept a grocery store in Xew Brunswick; farmed near Vliettown ; re- 
sided also at Xew Germantown; and was station agent of the C. R. R. 
at Whitehouse, where he died. ( For ch., see infra). 

705. John Van Zaxdt, hotel keeper, at one time, otherwise 
groceryman, of Vandalia, Mich., b. Apr. 12, 1827; d. July 4. 1873; m -> 
Jan. 1. 1855, Catherine Seacor, who was b. June 20. [836 and d. June 



224 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

23, 1883. He removed from X. J. to Michigan . 36o. I For ch., 

see infra 1. 

tiFFiTH, 1). Aug. 3, 1830; m., Nov. 4, (865, Delia 
Wilson. He was a clerk in New York City; living on Long Island; 
left for the West, stating he was goin I ilifornia; after-hi 

unknown. No children. 

ri \i . of Lesser I n is Ri iad >, X. J., and Rai 
\'. J., b. Apr. 5. [833; living; m., Mar. 12, 1X57. Henry N. Pohlman 
Felmly (s. of David Felmly), who was b. Apr. 27, 1832 and d. Aug. 1. 
1904. ( For ch., see infra I. 

708. Mary Jam:, of Metuchen, N. J., b. Nov. n. [836; living; 
m.. ( >ct. i_>. [858, John Van Derbeek TenEyck, farmer and dealer in 
windi >w i F ir ch., see infra I. 

700. \\ G\ -M 5, of Boun k, N. I.. 1). Aug. 3, [839; living; 

111.. Aug. 22, [863, Sarah Maria Smith. lie formerly ri 
Somerville, N. J. in the Civil War. iNhj-'o;. in the 30th 

X. J. Volunteers, and previously in the First X. Y. Artillery. 
ch., see infra 

710. Marc/ n Zandt, of l.e- 1 Roads, X. I., b. 
Apr. [4, [842; .1. Jan. 17. [889; m., Feb. 24, [864, Peter M. Welsh 

of Morris J. Welsh and Susannah Felmly), who was b. 1835 and 
r eh., see in fi 

711. Martha Demond, of New Germantown, X. ).. b. I 

[845 ed; in.. Mar. 25, t886, 1 1 nrad I.- Hoffman 1-. of Jacob 

man and Agnes \i :..< 1 No children. 

of William Demond and Mai;-. man (692): 

■I 1 d, of New Brunswick, X. J.; deceased; 

111. John Van Nest, who resides at New Brunswick. Ch ■ ! \ry, 

who in. Charles Bodine. (hi Christina, who mar. Charles 

Whitenack, i- living, and ha- a -on. William. Mr. Van Nest ha- a 

11 I wi fe. 

of Roxbury, Philadelphia, living; m. 
Nevius Van Zandt, deceased. ' 1 Joanna; (hi Margari i : and 

anotl 

Sarah Demond, of Paterson, X. J.; unmarried; deceased. 
Augustus Demond, unmarried: deceased. 

Children of James Honeyman (693) \nd Susan Alli 

71-'. Margaret Kim., of Atlantic Highlands, X. I., b. Mar. 15. 
1826; '1. Jul) jo. [903; m.. Oct. 17. 1850, Nicholas Patterson Todd 



GENEALOGICAL 225 

(s. of William J. Todd and Rosanna Melick), who was b. Feb. 21, 
1824 ami (1. Mar. 19, 1900. They resided many years at Chemung, 
where he was a land agent ; then he retired from business and removed 
to Atlantic Highlands. ( For ch.. see infra ). 

713. Jane L., b. Jan. 21, 1828; d. Sept. 19, 1831. 

714. Henrietta, of Leroy, Minn., b. Sept. 10. 1830; living; m.. 
Nov. 5, 1851, John Martin Wyckoff (s. of Henry W'yckoil of ( hester, 
N. J. ), who was b. < )ct. 7, 1827. and is living. I [e is a real estate dealer. 
He has also been a practicing lawyer, having been admitted to the Bar 
in 1S70. (For eh., see infra). 

715. Mary, b. Dec., 1833; d. Jan. 10, 1838. 

716. Eliza Ann, of North Plainfield, N. ]., b. Apr. 15. 1835; 
living; m., Dec. 2$, 1865, Cannon Parse (s. of Me'lvin Parse and 
Martha Willett, of Scotch Plains, X. J.), who was b. Apr. 8, 1S37 and 
d. May 22, 1891. Mr. Parse was cashier of the First National Bank 
of Plainfield, X. J., and wrote a signature famous throughout the 
whole country. No children. 

717. Barbara, of Pound Brook, N. J., b. Feb. 20. 1838; living; 
m., April 7, 1870, Charles Edward Dunham ( s. of George Dunham and 
Phebe Vail of Plainfield), who was b. Jan. 22, 1837, and d. Dec. 25, 
1903. He was an enterprising hardware merchant of Bound Brook. 
(For ch., see infra). 

718. Esther Ann, b. Sept. X, [840; d. Apr. 28, 1841. 

719. James Newton, of North Plainfield, X. ].. b. June X, [842; 
living; m., Nov. 7, 1869, Garetta Quick (dan. of John V. Quick, of 
North Branch, N. J.), who is living. ( For ch., see infra). 

720. John Henry, of 1312 Highland Ave., Knoxville, Tenn., b. 
Feb. 2^,, 184(1; living; m., Nov. 3. 1881, Kate Ellis (dau. of Frederick 
Henry Ellis and Mary Welsh of New York City), who was b. Nov. 
21, 1856. lie was in the drygoods business in Plainfield, X. J.; then 
went into the marble business at Knoxville. Mrs. Kate Ellis Money- 
man has published various poems of merit. ( For ch., see infra). 

721. Frances Ursula, of North Plainfield, X. J., b. Nov. 20. 
184S; living; m., Dec. 28, 1886, Daniel Cor) Adams, M.D. (s. of Jacob 
Adams and Phoebe Corv). Dr. Adams is an active and well-known 
homeopathic physician. ( For ch., see infra). 

Children of John Honeyman (('951 and Barbara A. Schenkel: 

722. Henry, of Newark, X. J., grocer, born May 28. 1828; d. 
July 5, 1876; m., Dec. 2j, 1851, Matilda A. Hedden (dau. of Joseph 
Hedden and Elizabeth Adams), who was b. Sept. 17, 1829, and d. Jan. 



22 6 Nil: HUM YM \\ FAMILY 

u. iXm,. He was town clerk of Bedminster tup.. Somerset Co., in 
[853 and died ;it Suffern, X. J. ( For ch., see infra 1. 

723 Sarah, of North Plainfield, X. .1.. b. Sept. 3, 1829; d. Apr. 
_'. [889 : unmarried. 

Evaline Okey, of 626 So. 55th St.. Philadelphia, 1). Aug. 
i. [831 ; living; m., < let. 30, 1850. Dennis Teeple of Pluckamin, X. J., 
a tailor, who was b. Apr. 28, 1823, ami is living. (For ch.. see infra 1. 

725. f ane, of Somerville, N. J., b. Nov. 3, [833 ; d. Oct. 15. [864; 
in.. Aug. t8, [863, Cornelius T. Cox, who is living. No children. 

I vmes, of Newark, X. ].. grocer, b. Vug. 28, [835; '1. Nov. 
17. (865; 111. Mary I.. Wharry, who i- living at Bloomfield, X. J. No 
children. 

727. Euphi mi \. of Peapack, X. J., b. Jan. 10. 1840: d. Mar. 18, 
[859; m.. Oct. 29, [858, William Ballentine, who i- living. No 
children. 

728 I vim of Somerville and Scotch Plains, X. I., b. Dec. 10. 
1841 ; d. Dec. 17. 1902:111. Henrj Tunison, deceased. 

Children of John Honeym." 69 1 and Susan Crati 

729 Pun it- Crater, of [53 So. Bridge*St., Somerville, X. J., b 
\ug. 30, 1845; living; m., [871, Jennie D. Hall (dau. of Herberl Hall), 

who was 1). Feb. 9, [849, and is living. He served in the Civil War. 
[., 30 N. J. Vols., front Sept. 17. [862, to June 27, [863. (For 
ch . see infra |. 

730 Morris Crater, of Readington, X. ].. b. Sept. 27. 1846; 
living; in.. < >ct. 12, [867, Rozelia I .ane. < For ch., see infra |. 

731. Mary Lavinia, of 20 Division St.. Somerville, X. I . b 
June 23, [849; living; unman 1 

Childri rER Honeyman (696) vnd Eliza Alli 

732. William Voorhees, of Peapack, X. J., b. Mat :o 1833; 

d. Apr. 9, 1 8 

733. OCDEN, Of Trent on. N. J., b. Jul) 27, 1834; d. ( let. 2, 10 >| ; 

in.. Feb. ii>. 1858, Caroline Jeroloman, who d. Vpr. [3, 1877. Ilr 
ed in the Civil War. in Co. K . 30th X. I. Vols., from Sept. 17. 
1X02, to June 27, [863. 1 For ch., see infra 

734. \i -1 in. farmer, of Bath, X. Y.. b ' '835; d. Jan 
15. 1906; m.. Dec. 15, 1869, Lucy McElwel (dau. of John McElwel), 
who was h. Inly 6. [847 and i- living. ( For ch., see infra |. 

735 , of Bath, X Y. li Jul) 19, 1838; living; m., Oct. 



GENEALOGICAL 2 ,_ 

21, 1858, Peter Wyckoff, farmer, who was b. at Chester, V I., Nov, 
19, 1832, and d. Sept. 4. [901. He removed to Bath the year following 
his marriage and resided there until his death. He was "an honest, 
upright and respected citizen, whose cheery ways and helpful life was 
greatly missed in the community where he lived for forty-two years." 
1 For ch., see infra 1 

736. Marth \ D., of 7 South Warren St., Trenton, X. [.. b. Aug. 
21, 1841 : living; unmarried. 

/T,/. Jane Elizabeth, of Trenton, X. J., b. Jan. 22. 1843 ; d. July 
6, 1880; unmarried. She was a school teacher, extremely prepossessing 
in appearance and manners, and much beloved by all who knew her. 

738. Peter Reading, farmer, of Hammondsport, X. Y., b. Dec. 
14. 1845; d. June 2, 1904; m., Dec. 8, 1875. Alary II. Wood fdau. of 

Joseph and Harriet Wood), who was b. May 2. 1853, and is living. 
(For ch., see infra). 

739. Seldon, 1). Jan. 7. 1848; d. Sept. 29, [851. 

740. Mary, of Trenton, N. ].. b. July 18. 1850; d. Nov., [902; 
unmarried. 

741. Theodore, of 7 S. Warren St.. Trenton. X. T., b. Mar. 21, 
[852; living; m.. Dec. r, 1SS1. Tda J. Wood, who cl. Sept. 2^. [888 

( For ch.. see infra ). 

Children of A. Van Dyke Honeyman (697) and Betsey Benbr c: 

742. Mary Jane, of Somerville, N. )., b. Nov. 18. 1835; •'• Oct. 
II, 1870: unmarried. Her will was probated I >ct. 26, 1870. 

743. Nevius Kline, of Morristown, X. J., b. Apr. 1, 1837; liv- 
ing; unmarried. He served in the Civil War. in Co. B., 3rd X. T. 
Cavalry, from Jan. 9. 1S64. to Aug. 1, 1805. 

744. Cornelius Lane, farmer, of Bedminster, X. J., b. Aug. 24, 
1839: living; m., Dec. 20, iS(>_\ Mary W. Dow. who was b. June. 1840. 
and is living. (For ch.. see infra I. 

745. Betsey Benbrook, b. July 31. 1841 ; d. Feb. 22, 1850. 

740. Gertrude Van Dyke, of Long I [ill, X. J., b. ( >ct. 24. 1813 ; 
living; m., Jan. 12, 1S70, James W. Tester, farmer. No ch. 

747. Charles Benbrook, editor, of Somerville. X. J., b. Aug. 
14. 1846; d. July 8. 1889; m.. July 23. [872, Amanda Melvina Gilder- 
sleeve, who is living at 601 W. 135th St., New York City. He was for 
a time a merchant in Somerville. and also an assistant editor of the 
Somerset "Messenger." ( For ch., see infra ). 

748. Thomas Is\ \< . of Somerville. X. J., b. Nov. 3. 1849: living; 
m., heb. 28. 1877. Georgiana Major (dan. of James Major, of Somer- 



228 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

villi- 1. who was b. ( km.. [849. He was formerly in the grocery busi 
ness, bul of late years has been a hardware merchant. 1 For ch., see 
infr; 

749. Laura Matilda, of Somerville, X. I., b. Sept. 20, [854; 
living; 111.. Apr. m. [884, George I-'. Marsh, who i- living. Ch.: 

E I'".. Jr. 

C ren of (Dr.) John Honeyman (699) and Elizabeth S. 

Nevius: 

750. Maria Louisa, of Easton, Pa., b. Sept. 15. (832; d. Dec 26, 
[875; m.. Maj 9, [854, Hon. Henry Dusenbury Maxwell, oi 

Pa., who was b. Dec. 5, 1812"; and d. Oct. 3, 1874. He was once 
United Si 1 nsul to Trieste, Austria, and later judge of the Courts 
of Northampton and Lehigh Counties, Pa. He also filled other local 
and state offices, and was a man of unusual integrity and high sense of 
honor. < For ch., see infra 1. 

751. John C, M.D., of New Germantown, N. I., b. Dec. 15, 
He studied the languages, etc., with Rev. W. W. Blauvelt, D.D., 

a noted teacher of Lamington, N. J.; entered Yale < ollege; was teacher 
for a number of years in ( leorgia and I [unterdon Co., X. J. ; gradu 
from dical Departmenl of the University of Pennsylvania, 1872, 

1,1,1 did n practice. Me has contributed to many his 

1 publicatioi istorian painstaking and thorough. 

At present his home is in West Virginia. Unmarried. 

75-' Peter Nevius, of New Germantown, X. J., b. June _•_>. 
[840; living; m.. Nov. 20, [867, Amy Teats (dan. of Peter C Teats of 
Mountainville, X. J.), who was b. Nov. 11. 1849. He was educated 
at Allentown, Pa., and was a merchant at Mountainville, Cokesburgh 
and New Germantown; is retired. In later years his business has 
wholly in the settlement of estates. He ha- written 
many stories and articles for the pre--. | For ch., see infra 1. 

753. Abraham \ . Doren, of 54 Grove St.. Plainfield, X. |.. 
b. Nov. [2, 1849; living; m.. Aug. 3, 1S75. Julia Etta Reger 1 dan. of 
Augustine Reger and Margaret Vosseller), who was b. Nov. u. 1857, 
and i- living. 1 For sketch, see I 'art I. Chapter VII). | For ch 
infra 

Children of Roberi M. Honeyman (700) \nd Mary A. Lane: 

754 ' Roline, of 1263 Buchanan St.. Topeka, Kansas, b. at 
New Germantown, X. J., \ pr . 8, 1829; living; m., Sept. 1 ,. [853, r ohn 
Adams Poole Ten Eyck 1-. of John Ten Eyck, of North Branch, X. 




MR. A. VAX DOREN HONEYMAN, PLAINFIELD, N. J. 
Born 1849; living. ( Pages 125, 228). 



GENEALOGICAL , , g 

J.), who d. Dec. 20. 1892. He was a farmer at North Branch; then 
removed to Williamsport, Pa., and engaged in the lumber business; 
and removed in later life to Topeka, Kans. ( For ch., see infra 1 

755- Angelica, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. b., at New Germantown 
N. J., Oct. 1, [832; living; m., July 11. 1876, Charles Northrup Griffin 
(s. of Jacob Griffin and Catherine Northrup, of Cairo, X. V. ), w ho was 
b. in 1834. and ,1. Aug. 28, 1898, at Topeka. Kans. He was a fanner 
and also a school teacher. No children. 

756. Robert R. (Colonel), of New Germantown, N. ]., b. there 
( >ct. 1. 1830; d. there June 14. [873; m.. Jan. 3, 1865, Lizzie De Pue 
(dan. of Jacob De Pue), who is living at 155 Winthrop St.. Brooklyn, 
X. V. (For particulars of him, see Part I. Chapter VII; for ch., see 
infra). 

Children or Robert M. Honeyman (700) and Margaret Hedges: 

757. (Rev.) William Edgar, of North Plainfield, X. [.. I,. , 
Xew Germantown, X. J.. July 26, 1839: living: m., June jj, 1805. 
Harriet Louisa De Hart (dan. of Albert De Hart and Sarah E. I arter, 
of near Dover, N. J.), who is living. No children. (For sketch see 
Part I, Chap. VII). 

758. Sophia Condict. of New Germantown. X. J., b. Feb. 10, 
1842: d. Feb. 16, 1844. 

759. Emma Louisa, of Washington, D. C. b. July 31. 1844: 
living; m., Oct. 22,, 1878, Dr. David II. Hazen (s. of David Hazen and 
Susan Depue), who was b. Aug. 10, 1846, and d. Nov. 6, 1900. Dr. 
Hazen was one of the best-known and most active physicians of 
Washington. He served on the school board of the city, and had a 
large and lucrative practice. His brother, the late Hon. A. D. Hazen. 
was Third Asst. Postmaster-General for a long period. ( For ch.. see 
infra). 

760. Henry Hedges, of 217 Eighth St.. S. W.. Washington, D. 
C, b. Oct. 10. [848; living; unmarried. Formerly an organist and 
music teacher and was possessed of fine musical talent ; but has been 
an invalid for many years. 

761. Alice Hedges, of 217 Eighth St.. S. W., Washington, D. ( '.. 
1). ( )ct. 7, 185 1 : living; unmarried. 

762. Charles Winfield, of 56 West 25th St., Xew York City, 
I). May 2^, 1854; living; unmarried. He is a ladies' cloak manufac- 
turer; business address, 10 West 18th St., Xew York City, firm of 
I Eoneyman & Co. 

762a. Frank, b. May 3. 1859: d. May 10, i860. 



230 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Child of Peter R. Fisher vnd Main Vnn Honeyman (701): 

Margaret Fisher, b. Nov. 29, 1822; d. Feb. 12, [844; m . 
ui 1841 ) William Duychinck, farmer, of Lamington, N. I., who 
was b. Aug. 14. 1815, and d. Jan. 1. 1004. After her death he m. (2), 
Feb. 5. 1851, Mary 11. Vliet I infra 1. who is living. By Margaret there 
was one child: Mary C, b. I »ct. 12, 1842, who i- living; m.. Dec. 19, 
i860, Horace A. Vanderbeek, of Lamington, \. J., who was b. Dec 
15. [828. 



Simon W. \ id Margaret Honeyman (702): 

mi. 1 mi - \ i! 1 of Gladstone, X. J., farmer ; living ; m. Fannie 

Barkman. 

(2). Mary II. Vliet, who became the second wife of William 

Duychinck 1 supra ). of Lamington, X. J., and i- living. 

I'mi William D. Honeyman (704) vnd < vtherine A. 

Vlii 

763. Abraham \ liet, retired farmer, of Whitehouse, X. J., b. 
Mar. !_•. [850; living; in.. Nov. 5. [873, Sarah I. Philhower (dau. of 

1'. Philhower), who is living. ( For ch., see infi 

764. Jane, of m>> So. nth St.. Newark, X. J., b. 1852; living; 
m.. Dec. 24, [876, 11. W. Roland. 1 For ch., see infra). 

765. Hiram, farmer, of Burnt Mills. X. ].. b. Nov., 1853; living; 

Eliza Virginia Sturgeon (dau. of Robert Sturgeon 
of New Y"rk City ami lam- Harmon), who was b. Dec, 1861. 1 For 
rli.. see in l'ra i. 



Children of John Y. /.. Honeyman (705) and Catherine Sea< or : 

William Henry, of Vandalia, Mich., b. in Somersel ( o., 

X. J i, [855; living; m., Nov. -•_'. 1881, Ella Jane Phillips, who 

b ^ug. i". [856, and is living. I For ch.. sec infra I. 

767. Mary Matilda, of 705 Harrison St.. Laporte, Ind.. b., al 

Hohokus, Beq X. J., Ma 1857; living; in.. Mar. 23, 1882, 

Frank E. Reynolds. No children. 

John Van Zandt, Jr.. of Vandalia, Mich., b. at Dowi 
Mich.. ( id. 9, 1859; d. Mar. J<>. 1S75. 

min l»i iti, of 5432 La Salic St., Chicago, 111., h at 
Barren I ake, Mich.. Sept. 14. 1861 ; living; m.. Jan. 12, r888, • irah 
er. 1 For ch.. see infra 1. 



GENEALOGICAL _•>, 

Children of Henry N. 1'. Felmly and Catherine Honeyman 

(707): 

( 1 ). Emma Felmly, of Raritan, N. J., b. Mar. 5, 1859; living; 
m., Jan. 19, 1881, John Rinehart. Ch. : Anna May Rinehart, who 
m. A. 15. Cole, and resides in Plainfield, N. J. 

(j). Margaret Felmly, of Bedminster, X. J., b. Feb. 1, 1 S73 ; 
living; m., Dec. 20. 1893, George Todd. Ch. : Hazel E. Todd. 

Children of John V. D. Ten Eyck ami Mary J. Honeym \.\ ( 70N i : 

( 1 ). Martha Jane Ten Eyck, b. at Lamington, X. J., Nov. 13. 
1859; residing at Metuchen, X. J., unmarried. 

(2). Margaret Ten Eyck, b. al Lamington, N. J., Oct. 18, [862; 
d. Nov. 16, 1862. 

(3). William Honeyman Ten Eyck, b. at Lamington, X. ].. 
Jan. 18. 18(14; living at Metuchen, X. J.; in.. Dee. 30, 1891, Ella Con 
nett Bergen. No children. He owns a sawmill. 

(4). Mathias Ten Eyck. b. near New Brunswick, N. J., < >ct. 
31, 1866; living at Metuchen, X. ] . : in.. Mar. 14, 1889. Ida Newman 
Ackerman Bennett, of Elizabeth, X. J. Is in business with his brother 
William. Ch. : Harry II., b. Jan. 14, 1890; Edward, b. Feb. 4. 1893; 
Minnie May, b. Aug. 19, 1895. 

(5). Edward Merrifield Ten Eyck. b. near New Brunswick, 
N. J., Feb. 17, 1870; living; is telegrapher now at South Plainfield, 
N. J.; m., Feb. 24. 1X1)7. Amanda Smalley Randolph, of South Plain 
field, N. J. Ch. : Judson Randolph, b. Apr. 4, 1002: Dorothy 
Amanda, Li. Mar. 10. 1907. 

id), Richard Ten Eyck, farmer, b. at Menlo Park, X. J., Aug. 
20, 1872; living at Metuchen, X. J.; in.. Mar. 4, 1893, Bessie Kate 
Melick, of Metuchen. Ch. : Marion, b. Sept. 20, [894; Elsie, b. July 
19, 1896; Richard Frelinghuysen, 1j. Apr. 24, 1899, 

(7). Jessie Ten Eyck, b. at Menlo Park, X. J., May 31. [878; 
d. Aug. 12. 1878. 

(8). John Campbell Ten Eyck (twin), b. at Menlo Park, X. 
J., May 31, 1878; d. at Metuchen, Nov. 24, rood. Was farmer and 
engineer. 

Children of Augustus Honeyman (709) and Sarah M. Smith: 

770. Phebe Maria, of Flemington, X. J., b. May 12, [864; liv- 
ing; m.. Apr. 4, 1884, William H. Porter, of North Branch, X. J. He 
is in the employ of the C. R. R. of X. J. ( For ch.. see infra ). 

771. Martha, of Newark, N. J., b. Aug. 19, 1X07: d. Feb. 10, 



-w 



I ill IH INEYMAN 1 \MILY 



i; in.. Sept., [885, Moses Greenburg. lie is living and is a cigar 
dealer. Ch.: Rose, who m. Samuel Brattee, and has ch., Sydney and 
Amanda : A BR AM : 1 > \\ in. 

772. Mary, of Bound Brook, X. J., b. June to, [871 : living; m., 
Robert Mel >onald ( !h. : Ella : S \nn . 

773. John Beekman, of Somerville, X. J., b. Mar. 3, [874; 
living; m., Sept. 25, 1904, l lorence Maxwell, of Brooklyn, X. Y.. who 
was h. March, 1879. He is in the forestry business. (For ch., see 
infra I. 

774. William, of 1.50 W. 29th St.. X. Y. City, b. Mar. [3, 1877; 
living; ill. Miller. Mo children. 

Children of Peter M. Welsh and Margaret Y. X. Honeyman 

(710): 

(1). S \i; - 11 < . Welsh, b. 1841. 

(2). Jacob Welsh, of Bedminster, X. J., b. (843; m., [865, 
Sarah E. Reger (dau. of John I. Reger). 

Morris J. Welsh, b. 1X51:111.. 1873, Emma 1.. Hughi >i 
( 'lint* 'ii. X. J. Four ch. 

1 p. Dorothy Welsh, 1>. 1X54: m., [873, James E. Ramsey. 
No. eh. 

Children of Nicholas P. Todd wi> M vrgaret K. I [oneyman (712) : 
1 1 1. Esther Catlett Todd, teacher, of Long Branch, X. }., 1>. 
1 852 : living : unmarried. 

William John Todd, of Raritan, X. J., b. [853; d. same 
\ cir. 

James Honeyman Todd, of Lakev 1. X. J., b. 1856; 

living; m., [880, Vnna E. Buzby. He is cashier of the First National 
Bank of Lakewood. Ch. : 1 a 1 Frank Winter; (b) Raymond Esmay. 
Srsw Honeyman Todd, i E Atlantic Highlands, X. J., b. 
[858; living; m., 1884, J. Gi oks. No ch. 

(5). David Esmay Todd, of New York City; b. [860; d. [904; 
m.. 1895, Martha Burns. No ch. 

(6). Ro? \\\ Todd, of Chatsworth, X. J., b. (863; d. 1 
unmarrii 

1 ret R. Todd, of Atlantic Highlands, X. I., h. t866; 
living; unmarried. 

["odd, of Long Branch, X. I., b. 1871 : living; 111. 
in 1895. Lotta Davis, who d. 1899 ; (2), [905, Lillian Davis. Om ch 
rn M vy. 



GENEALOGICAL 233 

Children of John M. Wyckoff and Henrietta Honeyman (714) : 

(1). Josephine Wyckoff, of Minneapolis, Minn., b. Aug. 21, 
1854. at Peapack, N. J., living; m., Nov. 5, 1873, Isaac N. Johnson. 
Ch.: (a) Parmelia Henrietta, b. June 1, 1874; d. Feb. 5, 18S9. (b) 
Theodore Isaac, b. Dec. 27. 187(1; living; m., Jan. 5. 1905. Nellie 
Hutchins. (c) John Birdsall, 1>. July 9. 1878; living; unmarried. 

(2) Anna Frances Wyckoff, b. Apr, 12, 1858; d. Mar. 20, 
1864. 

(3). Susan Elizabeth Wyckoff, b. Apr. 24, 1862; living; m., 
at Austin, Minn., Mar. 21, 18S1, William C. J. Hermann. Ch. ; (a) 
Ruth Elizabeth, b. Jan. 22, 1887. (b) Leonard William, b. June 
22. 1895. They reside in Minneapolis. 

(4). Carrie Henrietta Wyckoff, b. Jan. <>, 1866; d. Aug. 3, 
[866 

(5). Carmon Parse Wyckoff, of LeRoy, Minn., printer, b. 
Oct. 22, 1868; living; unmarried. 

(6). Clara Wyckoff (twin), b. Oct. 22, 1868 ; d. Nov. 25. 1868. 

(Except Josephine, above were all born at LeRoy, Minn. ). 

Children of Charles E. Dunh \m and Barbara Honeyman (717) : 
(1). James Edward Honeyman Dunham, of Bound Brook, 

N. J., 1). Nov. 8. 1871 : d. Dec. 15. 1892; unmarried. 

(2). Elfleda May Dunh \m. of Hound Brook, X. [., b. July 16, 

1876 ; living. 

Children of James X. Honeyman (719) and Garetta Quick: 

■/-$. Albert Darby, of 12 Madison Building, Plainfield, X. J., 

b. Dec. 6, 1874; living; m., Nov. 26, 1903, Minnie Smith (dan. of 

William Smith, of Plainfield). Is employed with the Standard Oil 

Co. of N. Y. City. No children. 

776. Edward Rushmore, of Plainfield. X. J., b. Nov. 9, 1889; 

living: unmarried. 

Children of John II. Honeyman (720) and Kate Ellis: 

■/"]-. Ellis Westervelt, of Morenci, Arizona, b. Vug. 17. [882; 

living: m., June 9, 1907, Clara McCrurn, of Nebraska. 

778. Edith May. of Knoxville, Term., b. Feb. 8. [886; living; 

unmarried. 

Children of Dr. Daniel C. Adams axd Frances U. Honeyman 
(721) : 
16 



234 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

IM. Helen Fr of North Plainfield, X. J., b. 

May 17. 1888; living. 

Daniel Cory Adams, Jr., of North Plainfield, X. J., b. 
Apr. : living. 

Children of Henry Honeyman i 722 1 and Matilda A. Hedden: 

1 Rev. I Melvin, of Newark, X. I . b. 1 let. 7. iS;_>; living; 

m.. Nov. 22. [881, Maria Louise Haring (dau. of J. W. llaring 

and Sarah Bull Coles), who was b. Jan. 16, 1855. (For sketch, see 

Part I. Chapter \'ll ). X.. ch. 

Elizabeth, of 72 Maple Ave., trvington, X. I., b. Jan. 16, 

1855; living; m., ( let. S. 1S77. John II. Mont/, who d. Jan. 5. 

Ch. : 1 ii; \> 1 Louise. 

Ch i] Dennis Teeple and Evaline O. Honeyman (724) 

ih Mr, 11. Ti 1 ri i . .if [31 Farson St., Philadelphia; living; 
in. Bessie Boley. 

• - , of Riverton, N. J. ; living; m. Alice Sutton. 

, of Plainfield, X. J. : living. 
Laura 'I n, X. I. ; Ih ing 

Char) Bordentown, X. I.; in. Clara Reed. 

M. Ti ? -;h St.. Philadelphia; living 

171. John E. I leceased. 

(8). Vlbert A. Teeple, of <>-•'• So 55th St., Philadelphia; 
living. 

Children of Philip C. Honeyman (729) vnd Jennie I'. 1 1 m 1 : 
781. 1 e, b. Feb., 1872; living; unmarried. 

jX2. Emily, 1>- l >ct., [873; living; unmarried. 

783. Susan, of Somerville, N. J., b. Feb., (875; living; m., Sept., 
1893, Robert D. Shaw. Ch. : Maun: Dunbar; Lillian; Arthur; 

1 1 NNIE. 

784. Clara, of 115 Peshine Ave., Newark, X. J., b. Aug., 1876; 
living: in.. Aug.. 1891, Henry B. Tower. Ch.: Beatrici 

CHILDRI v "I MORRl - I I I "Ml MAN I 730 I AND RoZELIA I. 

785. JOHN, b. \pr. 23, 1868; living; 111.. 1900, Maria II. Hall. 
7X1,. Mary, b. Mar. 2j. 1872; living: m. John M. Agans. Ch.: 

K.\t MOND J., b. IS').;. 

7S7. Lizzie Man. b. May 23, [875; living; m., V Louis Smith, 
t h 1-".. 1>- 1? 

Harry, b. Nov. 7. 1881 : living. 



IEALOGICAL 235 

Children of Ogden Honeyman (733) vnd Caroline Jeroloman: 

788. Louis, of Bath, X. Y., b. May 5. i860; d. Apr. [9, [899; m., 
Nov. 10, 18S6, Jennie Brundage. (For ch., see infra). 

789. Lena, of Bath, X. V., b. Feb. 11. [864; living; m., Ma) 4, 
1892, Pierre Brnndage. Xo ch. 

789a. Samuel Irwin, b. Feb. 10, 1877; d. aged 11 months. 

Children of Austin Honeyman (7341 and Lucy McElwel: 

790. Sherman W., b. Oct. 3, 1870; living; m., June 24, 1903, 
Mary Walker. No ch. 

791. Lillian, of Bath, X. Y., b. July 18, 1872; living; unmarried. 

Children of Peter Wyckoff and Susan Honeyman (J?,?): 

(1). Emma Jam-: Wyckoff, of Howard, X. Y., b. Feb. 22, 
i860; living; m., Mar. 19, 1890, John W. Willis, farmer, ( s. of Wil- 
liam H. Willis and Nancy Whiting), who was b. Nov. 7, 1859. No ch. 

(2). George II. Wyckoff, farmer, of Howard, X. Y., 1). Nov. 
20, 1 86 1 ; living; m., Mar. 4, 1885, Jane A. Stewart. Ch. : (a) Grace, 
b. Dec. 2, 1885; living; m., Sept. 21. [904, William Piatt, farmer, 
(b) Anna, of I Inward. X. Y.. b. Mar. 20. 1SS7; living; m.. Mar. 26, 
1905, Clarence Glover, farmer. Ch. : Helen, b. Jan. 8, 1907. (c) 
Susan, b. Oct. 11. 1888; living, (d) Walter George, b. Mar. 5. 1892; 
d. June 3, 1900. (e) Florence, b. Apr. 18, 1894; living, (f) Helen. 
b. May 31, 1897; living, (g) Julia, b. Aug. 18, 1900; living. 

(3). Elizabeth Wyckoff, of Path. b. June 26, 1865; living; 
m., June 20, 1889. Harlon Kniffin, farmer. Ch. : (a) Blanche, b 
Apr. 15. 1890. (b) Myron, b. May 17. 1897 

(4). Cora Wyckoff, of Hammondsport, X. Y., b. Apr. 4, 1867; 
living; m., Oct. 9, [889, William A. Logan, vineyardist. Ch. : (a) 
Mona Jessie, 1>. Nov. 30. [894. (b) Walter A., b. Aug. 5, [896 

(5). Selden Wyckoff, b. Apr. 17. 1869; d. May 7, 1869. 

(6). PIelen Wyckoff, 1>. May 17, 1873: living; unmarried. 

(7). Augusta Wyckoff. b. Nov. 27. 1880; living: unmarried. 

Children of Peter R. Honeyman 1738) and Mary II. Wood: 

792. George I'... of Hammondsport, X. Y., b. July 28, 1877; 
living; m., May 30, 1899. Louisa Hill. ( For ch., see infra ). 

793. Ruth Eliza, of Hammondsport, X. Y., b. Dec. 8, 1884; liv- 
ing; m., April 28, 1007, Melvin G. Hubbs, bookkeeper and stenographer. 

794. Calvin Wood, of Hammondsport, N. Y., b. Aug. 6, 18S8; 
d. June 10. 1907. 

795. Harriet May. of Hammondsport, X. Y., 1>. July 24, 1895; 
living. 



336 I HI-: HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Children of Theodore Honeyman (741 1 and Ida J. Wood: 
79(1. Eliza Justina, of Trenton, X. ).. teacher: living. 
797. 1 1 > v Jane, "i" rrenton, X. J.: living. 

Children of Cornelius I.. Honeyman (744) and Mary W. 1 > >\\ 

Robert Martin, of Norristown, Pa., b. Sept. 6, [8 13; liv- 
ing; 111.. May 30, 1885, \1111a Maria Vborhees. (For sketch, see 
Pari I. Chap. VII ; for ch., see infra 1. 

Anna Crampton, of Bedminster, X. J., b. July 7. [866; 
living : unmarried. 

800. Bessii Gertrude, of Newark, X. I., b. Feb. [9, 1872; liv- 
ing; unmarried, Is a bookkeeper with Prudential Insurance I 
pany. 

Child ri.es B. Honeyman 1747) .\n Amanda M. Gil 

801. Perca Gili 1 West 135th St., New Y..rk 
City, b. Dec 30, 1873; living; unmarried. 

Children of Thomas I. Honeyman (748) vnd Georgiana Major: 

802. Charlotti Major, of New York City, 
living; m., Nov. 28, [905, ; 1 >ing. 

803. Lizzie Frances, of Bound Brook, X. J. 
living; m.. Mar. 29, [905, Harry II. Murphy. 

804. George Thomas, of Somerville, X. J., 
living; m.. June. 1907, Bertha May Shurts, dan. of Peter S. Shurts, 
of 1 [ampti in Junction, X. J. 

James Arthur, of Somerville. b. Nov. 7. [888; living. 
d, of Somerville, b. Apr. 6, 1893; ''■ ^" v 3°i [893 

. of Henry D. M vxwell and Maria L. Honeyman (7 
1 1 1. Laura Maxwell, of Easton, Pa., 1>. I"el>. 5, [858; living; 
unmarried. She is the author "f an exceedingly bright work "In 
bia-land." pub. in [905. She is active in church. Sunda 
iry and civic work. Her writings have been numerous; slu' ha- 
led much in Europe, remaining there sometimes for long periods, 
and her influence is always directed toward noble end-. 

Mary Elizabeth Maxwell, of Easton, Pa., b. Mar. 7. 
: living; m., Feb. 9, [882, Henry McKeai Thomas Mc- 

Thom eased; Henry, Jr.: Elizabeth; Laura 

: Maxw : 



b. 


Dec. 


?. 


[877; 


b. 


Vug. 


2, 


1879: 


». 


Mar. 


1. 


1 881 1 : 




MAUD L. HONEYMAN, PLAINFIELD, N. J. 
Born 1883 ; living. (Mrs. Kenl Bender). (Page 237). 



GENEALOGICAL 

(3) Henry Dusenbury Maxwell, lawyer, of Easton Pa I) 
Aug. 3, 1862; Irving; m., Dec. 6, 1887 .Mary McClelland. II. is the 
author of "The Maxwell Family.". As a lawyer he rates high, and 
is practicing in partnership with Hon. William S. Kirkpatrick, form- 
erly Judge, member of Congress and Attorney-* leneral of Pennsylvania 
Ch.: Elizabeth Firmstone; Robert Lick, deceased; llrxm Dusen 
burv, Jr. 

_ (4)- Lucy Evelyn Maxwell, of Easton, Pa., b. W 2 8 1864 • 
Irving; m. Apr. 21, 18S8, John Eyerman. Ch. : Marg, ,,?, ', I ■ John! 

Children of Peter N. Honeyman ,752, and Amy Teats- 

807. Raymond Nevius, merchant, of 1410 Mayfield St Phila- 
delphia Pa b. Nov. 24, ,8S 4; h v i, lg: m „ July ri> coo6j May Benned 

cob. Grace, of New Germantown, NT. ].. b. Sept. is ,*-(,- liv- 
ing; unmarried. / 

Children oe A. Van Doren Honeyman ( 753 ) AND fl ,, A E . Regeh: 

809. Edward Maxwell, of 818 Webster Place, Plainfield N J 
b. Apr 25 1S78; living; m.. Apr. 18, 1906. Mary Elizabeth Cogges- 
hall of New York City. (dan. of Joseph Church Coggeshall and 
Sarah Ann King, of Newport. R. f. ), who was 1, May 3 1885 He is 
m the publishing business in Yew York City. (For ch see infra ) 

810. Maud Louise, of Plainfield, X. J., b. Feb. 20. r88 3 ■ living- 
m, Sept. 28. 1907. Kent Bender (s. of George W. Bender and fean 
Gardner of Sandusky, O.). who was 1, a t Indianapolis [ncl W 1 1 
1882. (For ch., see infra). 

Children of Joiix A. P. Tex Eyck and Caroline Honeyman 

(754): 

(1). Imogene Ten Eyck of 809 Kansas Ave.. Topeka, Kans 
b. June 23. [856; living; m. (1), Apr. 24. 1883, John M. Sterge'on who 
d. Nov. 13, 1897; (2), Aug. 17, 1907, J. Z. Howe. No ch. 

(2). Carrie Louise Tex Eyck, of 966 E., First So. st., Salt 
Lake City, b. Mar. 23, i860; living; m., Oct. 19, 1 88 1 . S. Vincent 
Derrah. He is an agent at Salt Lake City of the Missouri Pacific 
Railway. Ch. : Robert Vincent Derrah, b. Apr. 14. [895. 

(3). Minnie Ten Eyck, of Amarillo, Texas, b. Sept. 12. [862; 
living; m., Sept. 23, 1886, Avery Turner, lie is a vice president and 
the general manager of the Southern Pacific Railway and the Pecos 
Valley Railway. No ch. 



11 W FAMILY 

i Wichita, Kan . 
living; m., A] \ T ettie L. Miller. Ch. : Robert Harold, b 

. b. Jan. 23, 1 

R. lldM \ MAN 

Winthrop St., Brooklyn, X. V.. 1 

' ark- Zimmele, of Bi Pa. 

',n I',. Zimmele), who is ir of the l". S. Wai 

■ rt Wadsworth. X. Y. They formerly resided ai \\ 
Xo ch. 
i Brown j6 Montgomery' Place, Brooklyn, X. 

Y., I). June 6, [868; living; m., Jum 15, Emilie Linderman 

au. of Daniel D. Brodhead, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.). He 
' lated from Lehigh Univerj h Bethlehem, Pa., in June, 

isss. and was admitted to the New York Bar in Feb., [890. He is 
now practicing at 2 Rector St.. X. Y. City. Has a large and lucrative 

ognized ability in his profession. 1 For ch 
in f 1. 

813, p D of 155 Winthrop St.. Brooklyn, X. Y.. b. 

m., Nov. 1 |. [901, Mattel Kraft 1 dan. of 
Kraft and France? Edney, of Brooklyn). He graduated from Lehigh 
(Jniv< South Bethlehem, Pa., in June. [891, and shortly after his 

luation entered the employ of the X. Y. Tele] He is 

now Superintendet ' onstruction and Maintenance of that I 

pany. No ch. 

t'nii d 01 I >avid H. Hazi ia L. Hi 

H man H \/i \. b. Jul) --■>: living; m.. 

June 1. tura Mae Ross 1 dan. of \n_ lden, 

1 from John Hopkins University in 1902, and 
from its partmenl in 1906 and practicing ph) 

at V. 

v.m \ . IIoma man (763) vnd Sarah J. Philhower: 
814. \ of Whitehouse. X. J., b. Mar. jo. [875; living. 

( .i- II. \\ ' 

Wim.iam Honevman Roland, b. Mar. 3o; living; m.. 

Mar. 25, 1008, Edith Bisscll Miller. 



GENEALOGICAL 

■=39 



-'/■ 



Child of Hiram Honeyman (765) and Eliza V. Sti rgeon: 

815. Kate E, of 60 Ninth Ave. Newark, X. ).. I, \| ai - 
1881; living; m., June 28, [906, William L. Hessey. 

816. Daisy, of Burnt Mills, X. J., b. Aug., 1883; living 
S17. Carrie, of Burnt Mills X. )., h. Dec, 1885; living 

818. Frank, of Burnt Mills. X. J., 1,. Nov., 1889; living. 

Child of William II. Honeyman (766) and Ella |. Phillips' 

819. Mabel E, of Vandalia, Mich., b. Apr. 16, 1884; living- un- 
married. She is a teacher. 

Children of Benjamin I). Honeyman (769) and Sarah Geimer- 

820. Edna, of Chicago, 111.. 1,. Sept. 30, [888; living. 

821. Benjamin W., of Chicago, 111., b. Nov. 11, 1901 ; li 



llVlll" 



Children of William H. Porter and Phebe M. Honeyman (770c 

( r). Milly Porter, b. Alar. 2. 1885. 

(2). Richard V. C. Porter, b. Sept. 30, 1887; m. Edith Ingall. 
One ch. : Louisk. 

(3). William Portf.r. b. Oct. 14, 1889. 
(4). Clayton Porter, b. Mar. 3, 1893. 

Child of John- I!. Honeyman {j-t,) and Florence Maxwell : 

822. Ethel M., b. Mar., [897; living. 

Children of Louis Honeyman (788) and Jennie Bruxdage: 

823. Samuel S. ; living. 

824. Bessie Brundage; deceased 

825. Clarence; deceased. 

826. Mabelle; living. 

827. Lena Louise; living. 

828. Helen Caroline; living. 

Children of George B. Honeyman 171)21 and Louisa Hill: 

829. Clifford. 

830. Aletiia. 

Children of Robert M. Honeyman (7081 and Anna M. Voor- 
hees: 

831. Cornelius Voorhees, b. Aug. 21, [886; living. 

832. Ethel May, b. Aug. 27, 1889 ; d. July 3. 1894. 

833. Russel Floyd, b. Sept. iy. 1895; living. 

834. Helen Roberta, b. June 2-. 1898; living. 



240 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Child of E. Maxwell Honeyman tStx>i and Mary E. i 

835. Elizabeth Coggeshall, of Plainfield, N. J., b. Mar. 23, 
1908; living. 

Child of Kim Bender and Maud L. Honeyman (810 

Ann Van Doren Bi 1908; living. 

Children of Robert B. Honeyman (812) and Emilie L. Brodhead: 

836. Robert I'... Jr., I>. July 14. 1897: living. 

837. Emilie Brodhead, b. June 4, 1899: living. 




'BROTHER AND SISTER.' 




ELIZABETH C. HONEYMAX, 

Plainfield, N. J. 

Born 190S; living. | Page .'40). 



CHAPTER XII J. 
LINE OF CHARLES HONEYMAN, OF WEST VIRGINIA. 

Charles Honeyman, of Hampshire Co., W. Va., about whom 
I have no dates, resided for a number of his later years on the farm of 
his son Michael in Miami Co., I ihio, near West Milton, where others 
of his children resided. His wife was Barbara Moore, and he was a 
Methodist. It is said he was related to Sarah I [oneyman i sec ( Ihaptei 
XV; which sec as to my conjectures on their ancestry). The children 
were (order not certain ) : 

838. Benjamin, of West Milton, O. b. (about) i 7 , r> He 
married and had children: one son being Benjamin (There are said 
to be descendants of Benjamin, or of his brothers, now residing near 
West Milton (an Abram, and "Ollie," etc.,) hut no letters to them 
have been responded to, and they probably take no interest in the 
matter). 

839. Michael, of West Milton, O., b. (about) 1798. He mar- 
ried and had a son Charles, who was living at Galena, 111. about 
twenty-five years ago; also a son Harrison. \,, further trace. 

840. John, of West Milton, O., b. (about) 1800; m. Dolly Orm; 
had one son, Ely. Xo further in formation. 

841. David, of New Boston, 111., b. Alar. 26, [802; d. Mar. iN, 
1874; m. (1) name of wife unknown, who died about one year after 
the marriage; (2) Sept. to, [823, Isabel Long (dan. of \ndrew and 
Jemima Long, of Layette ( o , |\, >. w ho was b. Sept. 15. 1800 and d. 
Sept. 11, 1856. 

He early went from West Virginia, where he was horn, to Penn- 
sylvania, where he married his second wife, and removed about [827 
to near Brownsville and Dunlapsville, Ind. He is staled to be deserving 
of more than usual notice. One who remembers him well writes; 
"David Honeyman wore the conventional dress of Revolutionary times. 
viz., standing collar, frock over-coat and leggins, all of a buckskin 
shade, and tall beaver hat. He rode on horseback and carried saddle- 
bags. I, as a boy, knew him by this dress and his patriotism. I In 
the Fourth of July there could be expected a rally of the oldest 
citizens at the town of Dunlapsville where a platform would be 
erected for thirteen of the oldest men. When the Declaration of [nde 
pendence was read, and speech-making indulged in, David Honev 



-'4-' TH V.MAX FAMILY 

man. a p: t, would take ! >il;'s. 

tic saying of his thai 'This is a cold wel 
word. His neighbors would say : 
'It's ■ Dave Honeyman's rains.' His son, William J., was also 

a well-dn nventioni man in those early days." 

David left Brownsvilli ■. and resided for the later years of 

his life ai New Boston, 111. i For ch., see infra). 

842. William, of Pennsylvania, b. (about) 1806. He is said to 
married and raisi lily, and to have resided at one time in 

Missouri; perhaps that was his later residence. No further trao 

Samuel ('.. b. May 10, [808; d. Apr. 28, [863; m., June 
5, [827, Priscilla Orm, who was 1). Uig. 31, 1798. lie was a farmer. 
born and raised in West Virginia, who moved in 1830 to Miami 
< >hio, and in [837 to St. Li I . Mo., where he resided on a farm 
until his death. 1 For ch., see infra 1. 

844. 1 harles, b (about) 1810. He is -aid to have married 
and raised a family, hi nee unknown. 

845. I ■: 1 O., b. (about) [812; m. a Hoover. No 
further particulars. 

846. Mary, who m. a Mr. Gones, and had a dau., [rene, who m. 
a Mr. Kesler. 

Children of David Honeyman (841) *nd Isabei Loni 

847. John Love, of Elgin, 111., b. Apr. 23, 1825; d. Ma\ <». 1875; 
m.. Apr. j^. 1847, Sarah J. Jarvis who wa s b. Aug. 20, 1827; and d. 

1901. lie is said to have fallen dead off a corn-planter, 
ir later residence was Ua; Kan-. 1 For ch., see infra). 

Mary \nn, of Pleasant Hill. Mo., b. Dec. 3, 1826; d 

23, 1891 : m. William Kennedy, who was b. July 1. [816 and d. May 

24, 1898. 1 For ch., see infra 1 

Sarah Jane, of Kdams Station. Iowa, b. V 
d. May 30, 1884: m. Zachariah Eckenberry. Had ch., anion- whom 
were Fr \ n k and MoN! 

Ind.. b. 1, 1 830 ; 

- m (i).Ot . 24, 1854. Martha Jane Swallow (dau. of 
ge W. Swallow of I'nion Co., Ind. I. who ,1. Aug. 12, [864; and 
(2), June 6, 1865, Frances A. Swallow (dau. of Joshua Swallo 

to each other. Mr. I tone) man went ft >m 

Brownsville to Illinois about i860. His second wife is now living 

in Newton, Kan., and has a brother, Dr. I. E. Swallow, practicing 

-town, Md. (Drs. John Ephraim, James and Joshua 



GENEALOGICAL _>_, . 

A. Swallow (if this family have all been physicians of note), i For 
ch., see infra). 

851. Elizabeth, of South Bend, [nd., b. Nov. 3, [832; deceased; 
in. Daniel McCann. Ch. : William Wesley; Lycurgus C. ; Charles 
W. ; Ada ; Lilly. 

852. Rebecca E., of Wever, Iowa, b. Dec. 30, [834; living; 
m. William A. Jarvis. Ch. : Pierc e, decease 1 : John Lee, living. 

853. James C).. of Brownsville, [nd., b. Feb. 7. 1837; d. Feb. 22, 
1842. 

854. Ellen, of Lyons Station, [nd., b. Mar. 11, 1839; decea >ed ; 
m. James Lyons. One child. 

855. < rEi irge W \sii engton, of New Boston, 111., b. June 3, 1841 : 
living; m., Oct. 6, [863, Caroline Coe (dan. of John W. and Mary 
(ne). who was 1). Apr. 17, 1844. lie is a retired farmer, and has 
furnished much information concerning his family and relatives. 
(For ch., see infra ). 

856. Louisa C. of New Boston, 111., b. Apr. 5, 1844; living; m. 
Thomas Jackson. Ch. : Gideon, of New Boston, living. 

Children of Samuel C Honeyman (843) and Priscilla Orm : 

857. James Washington, b. Mar. 8, 1820; d. 1849. When gold 
was discovered in California he went there with an ox team and 
died almost at once at Sacramento City. 

858. Barbara, of St. Louis, Mo., b. Oct. 4. 1830; d. June 16. 
1882; m. Lewis Pointett, who is deceased. They had one child whe 
died aged eleven months. 

859. Mary Jam:, b. May 21, 1832; d. June 6, 1845. 
8S0. Martha Ann, b. Feb. 5, 1834; d. ( let. 3, [844. 

861. Malvina, of Creve Cceur, Mo., b. Sept. [8, 1835; living; 
m. George Beanhold, who is deceased. No ch. 

862. Archibald, of St. Louis, Mo., b. I >ct. 10. [838; d. Oct. 15. 
18S0. 

863. Margaret, of Creve Coeur, Mo., b. Nov. 0. 1840: living; 
unmarried. 

864. David, of 4200 Mad Ave.. Tyler Place. St. Louis, b. Feb. 
[8, [842; living; m.. Jan. 14. 1885, Alice E. Diamond, of Alton, 111.. 
who was b. Feb. 12. 1837. He lias retired from business. (For ch., 
see infra ). 

Children of John L. Honeyman (847) and Sarah J. J urns: 

865. George Washington, of Glencoe, < )kla., b. June 17. 184S; 
living; m. Sarah lane Thornton. Has ch., but names unknown. 



THE HONEYMA.N FAMILY 

Josephin orning, la., b. July .^, 1850; d. Oct. 4. 

in.. May 28, 1866, William II. Woodward, who now resides at 
Montevista, Colo. (For ch., see infra). 

867. [1 if Emerson, la., (twin), b. July ,}. 1850; living; 

in.. Sept. -'4. rus Davis, 1-. of ( yrus and Sarah A. Davis). 

infra I. 

1 v Anna, of 323 West Washington Street, Okla- 
homa il la., b. < let. 5, [852; living; m., Aug. 11. [870, rhomas 
er, who d. 1901. (For ch., see infra). 

\ Emma Alice, ■■ < x, Colo., b. Aug. 7. [854; 

<1. Mar 9, 1897; 111.. June 1. 1873, Emanuel Francis Eisenhouer, who 
resides at Globe, Arizona. 1 For ch., see infra 1. 

a, Kans.. 1). Mar. 27, [857 : 
living: m.. Feb. 8, (874, Andrew Jackson Reed. No ch. 
871. John Long, Jr., b. July 16, i86o;d. July 14. •■ ■ 

Luranah, of Clay Centre, Kan-., b. July 5. [864; d. May 
14. 1904: 111.. Sept., [881, Ansel Bassett Whitsett, who was b. Apr. 
26, [81 o, 1 For ch.. 

873. William Jeffei I Madison, Kans., b. Oct. 25, 1866; 
living; in.. Feb. [3, 1889, Rebecca Ellen Long. He is a farmer, who 
maki cialt) of raising thoroughbred Poland and China hogs 

infra 1. 

874. Hi Lalliawah, of Madison, Kans.. b. Feb 
[871 : living; in.. Feb. 16, 1NS7. Francis Long, who was 1>. Jan. 3, iS 13. 
1 Foi ch., see infra 1. 

Children of William Kennedy and Mar^ A. Honeyman (848): 

John W. Kennedy, of Lone Jack. Mo., b. Jan. jo, 1852: 
living; unmarried. 

(2). Isabel Ki i Lee's Summit, Mo., b. Nov. 30, 1853; 

(1. June 14. 1887; in.. Mar. 25, 1885, J. Vrmstrong. 

Frank Ki of Pleasant Hill, Mo., b. \ug. 15. 1855; 

living ; m., I >ec. 26, 1884, Lucy I Jerbin. ( li. : Willi \m. M w. ( rEORGiE, 
. Fred, James, Winnie. 
i.p. David W. Kennedy, of Pleasanl Hill, Mo., b. Mar. 20, 1857 ; 
liviu 38, Lillie Steward. Ch.: \rchibald, Rosa. 

' I.mik' Jack. Mo., b. < let. 3, 1858; liv- 

ing: in.. I >ec. 17. 1890, \lici- Thompson. ( h.: Ray, Charles, Roy, 
Vki Mary, I Ierbi 

1 kedy, of Liberty, Ind., b. July 31, i860; living, 
in.. \ug \. 1896, Watton llanna. No ch. 




MR. DAVID HONEYMAN, MRS. DAVID HONEYMAN 

St. Louis, Mo. Sl LouiS] Mo 

Born 1842; living. (Page 243). Born 1857; living. , Page 243). 




MR. SAMUEL D. HONEYMAN, 

St. Louis, Mo. 
Bom 1885 ; living. (Page 246). 



MR. ROBERT II. HONEYMAN, 

Alton, 111. 
Bom [887 ; living. i - 246) 



GENEALOGICAL _, s 

(7). Ada E. Kennedy, b. Apr. 14. [862; d. Jan. n. [863. 

(8). George P. Kennedy, of Greenwood, Mo., b. Sept. 23, 1864; 
living; m.. Nov. 25, 1896, Anna Perdue. Ch. : Harry, Ada, Grace! 
Marie, George, Opal. 

Children of William J. Honeyman (850) and .Martha |. 
Swallow : 

875. Roland \\'., merchant of Lakeview, la., b. lime ^. [855; 
living: m., Feb. 6, 1879. Margaret Pullen. ( For eh., see infra 1. 

876. Marsello Ethelbert, of New Boston, 111., b. Aug. io, 
1857; living; m. Elizabeth Willits. ( )ne ch. 

X77. George Martin David, of 3949 Walnut St., Denver. Colo., 
b. Sept. 1, i860; living: in. Margaret Fakher. (Fur ch., see infra 1 

878. John X.. b. Sept. 20, [863; d. Sept. 20, [864. 

Children of William J. Honeyman (850) and Frances A. Swal- 
low : 

879. Charles Ellsworth, of Newton. Kans., b. June 26, 1866; 
living; m., Aug. 24. 1901, Mary J. Stanley. ( For ch., see infra |. 

880. Omer Stanway, of Meilb.nl. Okla., b. Dee. 26, 1X08; liv- 
ing; m., Jan. 1, 1889, Lydia Perkins. ( For ch., see infra). 

881. Rhoda Vashti, of Newton. Kans.. b. Sept. r6, 1S70; living; 
m., Apr. 29, 1906, Walter A. East. 

882. Mary Edxa, b. Apr. 18, [872; d. Oct. 26, 1902; unmarried. 

883. William Bruce, of 211 E. 12th St.. Kansas City, Mo., 
b. Mar. 26, 1875 I living, unmarried. 

884. Ida I'.., of Newton, Kansas, b. Aug. 8, 1877; living; m., 
May 18, 1899. Edwin Cottingham. (Fur ch., see infra 1. 

885. Lillie Frances, of Newton. Kans., b. Feb. 25, 1881 : liv- 
ing; m., Apr. 14, 1908. Edward L. LeRoy. 

886. Os.\ Evelyn, of Newton. Kans., b, Sept. 29, [883; living; 
m., Dec. 6, 1905, Jeffery Fisher. 

Children of George W. Honeyman (855) and Caroline Coe: 

887. Coe Cassie, b. Jan. 26, 1866; d. Jan. 10, 1873. 

888. Mary E., of New Boston, 111., b. Apr. 3, 1868: living; m., 
Dec. 31, 1885. C. B. Jackson. (For ch., see infra). 

889. Earl E., of New Boston, 111., b. Dec. 8, 1872: living; m., 
July 26, 1898, Cora Finch. (For ch.. see infra). 

890. Jennie M., of New Boston, b. May 31, 1876: living; m.. 
Feb. 2. 1898, E. H. Noble. Ch. : Margaret T. 






THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



Chii ' vnd Alice I'.. Di vmond: 

■ vjd, of St. Louis, Mo., b. Ncn J85; living; 

unmarried. 

. Henry, of Alton, 111., b. Sept. 29, 1887; living; 
111.. Nov. 7. 1907, Anna Ledder. 

Cm:. William II. Woodward vnd ini Honeyman 

in. John Honeyman Woodward, of Avoca, la., b. Jan 28, 
- : living; m. Josie Campbell. 

Wash. Woodward, of St. Francis, Kan-. 

1). Nov. 14. [869; living; in. Dorothy Von Dollen. 

bert Hill Woodward, of Monte Vista, Colo., b. X 
: living; unman 

(4). Daniel \ Woodward, of Omaha, Neb., b. Aug. 

ii, 1873; living; m. Minnie Campbell. 

(5). Lora May Woodward, of Monte Vista, Colo., b. X 
m. William ( iinders. 

Woodward, b. June u. [885; .1. Jan.. 1886 

1 Cyrus Davis vnd ] I Ioneyman 

\ M. Davis, of Emerson, la., b. Sept. 9, [870; living; 
111., Sept. _>5. 1895, J. B. Clemmer. No ch. 

Lavinia II. Davis, of Villisca, la.. 1>. Mar. 31, 1871 : living ; 
ni.. Mar. i". 1889 Hixson. Ch.: Omer; Lyle; Ellen; Ruth: 

I Ian ii : Mai: illy. 

Sarah J. Davis, b. Jan. 11. [873; deceased 
(4). Gi E. Davis, of McCool, Nebr., b. Oct. [6, 

living; m., Apr. ' W. Billups. Ch.:John;D< 

(5). Charles R Davis, of Billings, Colo., b. I »ec. 6, [883 ; living; 
m.. Aug. 1. 1907, Nana Prest. Ch.: Richard. 

W. Davis, of McCool, Nebr., b.< Id 9, t886; living; 
m., Nov. 14. 1906, Mabel Graham. 

Mary \. Davis, of Emerson, la . b. June 8, 1889; living! 
unmarried. 

1. Davis, of la. li. Feb. 9, 1896; living. 

R McGreer and Isabella A, Honeyman 

1 ii ■, Mi 1 Irei r, of 323 W. Washington St., < Iklahoma 
. unmarried. He is connected with il 



>il ANALOGICAL 

- 1/ 

(2). Ray McGreer, of 505 Durland Ave. Oklahoma Citj b 
1873; living; m. Ida M. Dixon. 

(3). May McGreer, of 949, A Street, Lincoln, Nebr., 1, 1875- 
living; m. Leo J. Schmittel. 

(4>- John Thomas McGreer, of [156 Walton Ave., St. Louis, 
Mo., b. 1883, living; ni. Berenice Hutchinson. 



Children of Emanuel F. Eisenhouer and Rebecca E. A. Ho 
M A N (869) : 

(1). Arthur Honeyman Eisenhouer, of Madison, Kans., 
living; unmarried. 

(-'). Henry Clay Eisenhouer, of Madison, Kans., living; 
unmarried. 

(3). Floyd M. Eisenhouer, of Madison, Kans.. living; un- 
married. 

(4). Minnie Eisenhouer, deceased, 

(5). Lillie Eisenhouer, deceased. 

(6). Mabel Eisenhouer, deceased. 

17). Erie F. Eisenhouer, of Colorado, living; unmarried. 

(8). E. Allen Eisenhouer, of Globe, Ariz., living; unmarried. 

(9). Grace Eisenhouer, of Glencoe, Okla., living; m. William 
Adsil. 



Children of A. Bassett Whitsett and Luranah Honeyman (872 1 : 

( 1 ). Will Whitsett, id' Clay Centre, Kans., b. Aug. 22, [882; 
living; m., 1903, Louisa Meyer. Ch. : George. 

(2). Pearl Whitsett, of Clay Centre. Kans.. b. Nov. 1, [885; 
living; m., 1902, Louis Dittmar. Ch. : Irene. 

(3). John Whitsett, of Manning. Kans.. b. Aug. 28, [888; liv- 
ing; unmarried. 

(4). Harry Whitsett. of Parsons, Kans., b. Jan. 10. 1891 ; 
living. 

(5). Mearl Whitsett, of Manning, Kans., b. Sept. 18, 1895: 
living. 

Children of William J. Honeyman (873) ami Rebecca E. Long: 

893. Erie Ernest, b. Oct. 5, 1889; living. 

894. Wright Jennings, b. Oct. 7, 1 S< >8 : living. 

895. John Long, b. July 16, 1901 ; living. 



mi: HOXEYMAN FAMILY 

Childri incis Long and Hortensi L. Honevman (874) : 

hi. \ I ong, b Mar. 7. [888; living. 

Frani . b. \ug. 23, [889; living. 

\'i.v\ Jane Long, b. Feb. 17. 1891 ; living. 
Enai \ Rebeci \ Long, !>. Feb. 8, 1893; living. 
Gwi Ethelyn Long, b. Nov. 6, [895; living. 

William Claire Long, b. June 25, 1897; living. 

Child of R01 \\n W. Honeyman (875) and Margaret Pullen: 
. . 1). Nov. 1885; living; unmarried. 

Children 1 M. D. Honeyman (877) and Margaret 

Fal« her: 
897. Roy. 

I >RIE. 

Flora. 

I 1' 'II IS. 

Children of Charles E. Honeyman (879) \.\n Mary I. Stanley: 
901. Charles, b. Aug. 24, 1892; living. 
I >".-i \. b. Apr. 21 . [895 : living. 
Milburn, b. Mar. 25, M111-': living. 

Children of Omer S. Honeyman (880) \\n Lydia Perkin 

DE. 
<)><~ < >LIVE. 

Neva. 
' lifford. 

\\si:i.. 

Children of Edwin l ottingham and [da B. Honeyman (884'): 

igh \m. b. Feb. 5. 1901 ; living. 
1 Ierald Cottingham, b. Mar. 6, 1903; living 
Brui mgham, b. Nov. 19, 1905; living. 

. I. 1. 1 I.I. I \.\ COTTINGH \M. 1>. Jan. -'n. [908; livii 

Chii ' : 1 • son vnd Mary E. Honeyman (888): 

IN, b Jan. 27, 1889; d. May 19, 1 S. ,7- 
[rma Jackson, b. \]>r. 19, 1 89 1 ; living, 

R. I \i kson, b Feb. 11. 1894; living. 

( in Ho man (889) and 1 Finch : 

-.. b. July 1 . 1899 : livii 
. Ip. Jan. 14, 1904; li\ 




MR. WILLIAM C. HUNNEMAN (I). ROXBURY, MASS. 

(From painting by Bass Otis). 

Born 1769; died 1856. ( Page js-?- No. 912). 



CHAPTER XIV 

LINE OF NICHOLAS HUNNEMAN, OF BOSTON. 

Some years ago the author heard casually of this Nicholas 
Hunneman through his descendant, Carleton Hunneman, Esq., of 
Boston. More recently aiong correspondence With William C. I funne- 
man, of Brookline, .Mass., led to his unearthing, after diligent search, 
the following facts o„ various public and church records in Boston- 
Nicholas Hunneman appears on the Boston records in 1754 (as 
per "Thirtieth Report of Boston Marriages, 1752-1809") in his mar- 
riage intention to -Man- Gordon. This marriage was recorded at 
Trinity Church. May 17, 1754, and the church records give the name as 
"William I loneyman" and Mary ( Gordon. 1 This agrees with the name 
of a similar spelling of a William of Philadelphia, whom I had thought 
might he his father, and who died in 1738. Was it merely an error of 
the recorder; or had Nicholas changed his name for some reason; or 
inadvertently given his father's name; or was his name in full Nicholas 
William, or William Nicholas? This cannot now he told). 

On Apr. r 3 , 1702. he was married to Anna Valentine, his name 
then being written "Nicholas Honneyman." The marriage was per- 
formed by the Rev. Andrew Eliot, of the New North Church. 

< >n July 2-. 1766, he was married, for the third time, in Christ's 
Church, to Elizabeth Cooper, his name then appearing "Nicholas 
Hunneman." It is to he presumed that each of his former wives had 
died, and without children, as all his known children were by his Last 
wife. Elizabeth Cooper, his widow, lived on Ship (now' North) St.. 
but d. Dec, 1802, at 18 Middle (now Hanover) St.. aged 05 years.* 

Nothing is known of the occupation of Nicholas nor where he 
lived until the time of the Revolution, when he appears mi the records 
again as follows : 

"Hunneman. Nicholas. Private Capt. Thomas Bumstead's Co." 
This is in a "list of men drafted front Lt. CI. Jabez Hatch's Boston 
regiment agreeable to order of council of May 7. 1777 ro guard stores, 

'There is a record in Salem of the marriage of Philip Cooper to Elizabeth George August 4, i 74 2. 
There is no record of births of their children, but as Sarah Hunneman, daughter ol Nicholas Hunneman 
and Elizabeth Cooper, married a man from Salem, it is a fair inference thai the wifeoi Nicholas was related 
to this Philip Cooper. There is another coincidence in the fact that the names Elizabeth, Sarah and Wil- 
liam Cooper all appear on Salem records as follows: Elizabeth (daughter oi Thomas Cooper and Sara 
Southwick) married, June 11, 1*74, ; and William Cooper married Eunice Tracy, Si 

1.7 






THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



etc., under Maj. Gen. Heath at and about B for the term of five 

"Hunniman, Nicl ' tpt. Perez Cushing's Co. Colonel Craft's 

Artillery regiment, service 47 days." Company reported as Boston 
Militia, and stationed at Hull, from July 26, \j;j. to Sept. u. t; 
Roll sworn to in Suffolk Co. and endorsed, "Men drafted 
Regiment." 

"Hunnyman, Nicholas. Private Capt. Robert Da Col. 

Freeman's regiment. Service 37 da ' mpany raised for "a secret 

:,;,,,, t0 I." Roll sworn t" in Suffolk Co., Dec. 

'■ l77? - ..... , a, , 

'"Hunnyman, Nicholas, Boston, Seaman, in List "t officers ami 

mar i, rigantine 'Hazard,' commanded by Capt. Simeon 

Sam Plymouth) in the service of 

made up for advance pay. dated Boston, Nov. 13. 1777: also, same 

, nnandcr. "engaged Nov. 10, 1777. 
I7 - S lence Boston. U ised. 

ded, May jo. 177S. ai Boston." 
II,, ds in the archives at the State Ho ton, seem 

,, w ,i iat he 1 three times in the militia, and then 

priva d in this last service he died a; sea; was probably 1 

in som e . ent. The brig "Hazard" on this cruise had three 

onl) one noted on the records being with the ship 
"Live <)ak." S.>, though perhaps of no distinguished pare 
did hi- duty and gave hi- lite t" hi- country, a- so many patriots did. 
There is also of record this concerning hi son, Jam. 

"j as . Honyman. Receipt signed by Elizabeth Honyman, his 
mother. May 21, 1783 '•' Ma) 10. 1783." He served 

mi the Frigate "II. 

rah Honeyman," a daughter, is probably the one who signed 
her nan >ve spelled as a witness to a deed in 1701. 

Elizabetl 1 r, the last wife of Nicholas, had a connection 

named 1' • Salem, hut whether the) were connected to 

William I he old Town Clerk of Boston, is unknown. Possibly 

lhe 1 • r." and the prominence of the name of 

William I who had been Town Clerk for a great many year- I 

mav be ■ u why the name William Cooper was given to the 

or h.- ma) have hem named for William Cooper, the pastor • 
urch, 1715-17-i.v 
ii,. record of tin- signature of Nicholas. Elizabeth, Ins 
w jf, r -'mark ;" and the spelling of the. name on the n . 



GENEALOGICAL _,-, 

seems to have been left to the ministers who married them, or public 
clerks, which accounts for the variation. 

Within a few years there has appeared in a flower catalogue, the 
animal "Hunnemannia ;" on inquiry ii is found to be named for a 
Hunnemann family, who cultivated ii. and who lived in Erfurt, < icr- 
m;m - v - '''"i" '''is reason, William C. Hunneman, of Brookline, has been 
inclined to think the name might he of ( Jerman origin. 

An indication of (he true name of Nicholas is to be found, 1 think, 
in the one spelling on the marriage records concerning Nichola ; in 
the receipts relating to the services of his son, James ; an ! e pecially 
m the signature of his daughter. Sarah, as witness to a deed. 

If Nicholas were of German descent, as some have supposed, his 
children's Christian names would scarcely have been William. Sarah, 
John and James, which are Scotch and English names, pure and simple.' 

As to the name "Hunneman," it is certainly German, when a 
correct name, as is Honigmann. Doth names have representatives in 
this ci untry. Both may have originated there, or may h;:> from 

the Scotch Honeyman name; or the Scotch name may have come from 
the German, which [ doubt, as German emigration to Scotland prior 
to 1500 was practically unknown. "Hunneman" as an English name 
undoubtedly conies from "Honeyman." 

As has been suggested by the name -William Honeyman," entered 
on one of Nicholas' marriage records, there was a William Honeyman, 
who appears on the Christ's Church records, of Philadelphia, as "Wil- 
h'am Honeyman, alias Cox," mentioned on Oct. 8. [738. Nothing 
further is known of him. I have heretofore conjectured 'that he might 
have been the father of Nicholas of Boston. Nicholas must have been 
born about 1735. and, if William were his father, and he had been left 
an orphan at three years of a ge, he might have drifted, first, to Virginia, 
and then to Boston. 

But there is evidence that Nicholas named his son William Cooper 
from William Cooper, as above stated; and as James and not William 
was his first son, it points to a James as his father. Now ii so happens 
that we find that a "J. Hunniman" was in Boston about the time of 
Nicholas 1 first marriage; for on June 8, .753, this "1. Hunniman" 
witnessed a deed to property there, and a •'John Honneman, Jr.," 
witnessed, later, a power of attorney. To complicate matters there' was 
a "William Hunneman" at llinghani in 1794, and a "Charles Hunne- 
man, mariner," whose estate was administered on, Aug. 23, 181 v I 
might he better, therefore, in making a genealogical guess, to say tha 
Nicholas had relatives in Boston (John and John. Tr., and perha] 



nil HOXEYMAN FAMILY 

William and Charles), and, inasmuch as he named his first son Jai 
that Nicholas was probably the son of a James. Ii is doubtful if the 

will ever be established, but it i- t.> be hoped they may ho. 

The fact that for the most part the family of Nicholas spelled the 
name "Hunneman" ami that his descendants still do -<■. counts for 
little a- t.i what the real name was, sa) only 150 years ago, be 
there were- man) transitions in surnames early in the Seventeenth 
certainly now another family in B lie same 

name. "I limneman." which i- descended from Samuel Honeyman, of 
Manchester, England, and whose line i- elsewhere given. 

I may mention in this connection that Mr. William C. Hunneman 
h as ;i i„, 1 ired "coat-of-arms," which has been in the family 

seventy years or more, but which, instead of a motto, contains the words 
"By the name of 1 limneman." It i- curious, hut was probabl) made 
up by an imaginative member of the family, without any basis for i's 
existence. It i- evidently not "tie regularly registered. 

Children of \'h vs Hunneman zabeth Cooper: 

James, b. Aug. 30, 1767; bap. at Christ's Church, Boston, 
Jul} 16, 171 9. lie was a seaman on the frigate "Hague," in 1783, and 
survived until 1815, when he was injured by a hurricane; exact date 
ath or other particular- unknown. Letter- of administration were 
issued on Uig 28, 1815, ■ Bilner, on the estate of "Charles 

Ilunneman." which may be the same person; if lame- Charles was his 
name it would explain it. The date- would indicate that it was the 
same person, but it might not be 

912. William Cooper, of 18 Middle St. (now Hanover St.), 
nd later of Roxbury. Mass.. b. Jul) 10, 1769; d. Ma) 10,1856; 
m., b) Rev. lame- Freeman, Sept. 17. 1797, Hannah Hewes (dau. of 
Shnhael Hewes), who was b. Uig. 19, 1777. and d. Mar 24, 1849 
Mr. William C. Hunneman, of Brookline, his descendant, says this of 
him: Williat Ilunneman was reported to have been brought 

up in the family of the Rev. Mathew A. Mayhew of the West Church, 
and went tu work when very young, lie i- reported also to have 
lean ippersmith trade from Paul Revere The tir-t trace of his 

nami of Boston is in 1798, living in Sett'- Court. 

Cliarlestown. As he was married in 1797 to Hannah Hewes 

. this was probably their first home. In 1803 his residence was 
• [8 Middle St., and he was -tated to be a mith of Km 

:. Tea* 




MR. WILLIAM C. HUNNEMAN (II), ROXBURY, MASS. 
Born 1801 ; died 1846. (Page 253. No. 918). 



GENEALOGICAL 

2 53 

He moved to Roxbury about [803, buying the old "Rumrill" House, 
on Washington St. opposite the then Roxbury burying ground, and 

moved his >h,, P s also to Roxbury, having a store at \i Union St. He 
and his sons, William ( '. and Samuel, extended the business, and 
developed the hand fire-engine known all over the country as the 
"Hunneraan Tub." The distinguishing feature of this engine was the 
long stroke in distinction to the short quick stroke of other styles 
Ihese engines were exceedingly popular and very powerful and on 
account of the prominence of Boston in those clays in foreign business 
some of these engines were sent to the West Indies, China and .Manila 
Some of them are still in use in this country, although aboiU seventy 
years old. 

William C. Ilunneman was a type of the hard-working, industrious 
artisan of that period, and by his thrift had accumulated a considerable 
fortune by the time he .lied. Ik- was a deacon in the West Church 
Boston, and also had sittings in the First Religions Society | Unitarian) 
of Roxbury. His house was one of the noted places on the road out 
to Roxbury from Boston, some three miles over the "Neck," and in the 
Spring people would walk out especially to see the -snowdrops." the 
first Spring flowers, the hank in front of the house being covered with 
them. Also in front of the house were two enormous horse chestnut 
trees, said to have been planted from nuts brought over from England. 

( For ch., see infra 1. 

913. Nicholas, jr.. b. .May. 1771: bap. in Christ Church hine 
23, 1771; d. Sept. 10. [772, "aged sixteen months." 

914- Sarah, of Salem, Mass., b. Dec. 4. 177.5: bap. in Christ 
Church Dec. 19, 1773; m . John Fansell, who was a baker. She (sup- 
posed to be the same) witnessed a deed in Boston in 1701 and signed 
her name "Sarah Honeyman." 

915. John, b. Sept. 6, 1770. He became a sailor and died in 
France. 

Children of William C. Hunneman (912) and Hannah Hewes: 

916. William Cooper (second of the name), b. July 22, 1798; 
d. Oct. 2~, 1 So 1 

017. Samuel Hewes, of Roxbury, Mass., b. Feb. u, 1800; d. 
Jan. 15, 1869; m., June 30. 1825, Elizabeth Champney, of Roxbury, 
who d. Aug.. 1880. He was in business with his father, and also 
brother. William C. as a coppersmith and maker of hand fire-engines 
(For ch., see infra ). 

918. William Cooper (third of the name), of Roxhurv, 1.. Dec. 



_,;, in VMA\ FAMILY 

[8, i8oi ; d. Apr. 17. 1846; m., Sept. 25, [828, Frances I. Green, of 
M011. Ion. Mass., who was b. Apr. 24, 1S11. and d. Sept. -'4. 1901. He 
was a maker of fire-engines, etc., as above stated. An engraved card of 
"W. C. Hunneman & Co., Manufacturers of Fire Engines and Appa- 
ratus, X". 20 Union Street, Boston," which the author has seen, is one 
of the 111 tiful of that character which the engraver's arl has 

produced. (A photographic reproduction of it is given on another 
page). 

019. Elizabeth Cooper, of Roxbury, b. Jan. jj. [804; d. X"\ 
25, 1857 : unmarried. 

920. Hannah Hewes, of Brooklyn, X. Y.. b. Jan. 8, 1807; d. 
Nov. 28, t88o; m., I »ct. 20, [829, William W. Seaver of Roxbury, who 

• \pr. 6, 1806, and d. Mar. 2, 1858. 1 For ch., see infra 1. 

921. Ann Frye, of Roxbury, b. Nov. 15. [808; d. June i_>. 1836: 
m.. Ma\ t2, [831, Joseph Milner. 1 For ch., see infra). 

,,__■_ iry, b. Nov. 29, 1810; d. 1 tec. 10. 

1831 : unmarried. 

fosEPii Hewes. of Roxbury, b. Nov. 21, iSu; d. Dei 1 1 
1887; m.. June 17. [845, Harriet Bradley, of Troy, X. Y.. who was b. 
Sept. 2, [820, and ■ !. Sept. 23, [897. He was in business with his 
er, and brother, Samuel 11.. a- coppersmith ami maker of hand 
ngines, etc. 1 For eh., -er infra 1. 

Mam < ooper, of Roxbury, 1>. Jul) 19, [815; '1. Au| 
1898; m.. June in, 1849, William Bacon, Jr.. of Roxbury, who was 
b. Apr. 21, 1815. and d. Sept. 6, [888. 1 For eh., see infra 1. 

.,_•;. Abigah Hewes, of Roxbury, 1>. Sept. 30, 1817; d. Dee. 19, 
[886 : unmarried. 

John J imes, of Hyde I 'ark. Mass.. b. Aug. 5. 1820; d. July 
1 , mill : unmarried 

Children of Samuel II. Hunneman < -h 7 p vnd Elizabeth Ch 
key : 

927. Samuei Hewes, Jr., of Boston, Mass., b. Sept. 7. 1826; d 
1903; in.. 1 )ct. 20, 1859, Mary Ellen Stone, who was b. July 

.•I. [836, and i- living at 7 Perrin St., Roxbury. He was publish ol 
the Simpson & Davenport Boston Directory. 1 For eh., see infra 1. 

928. John Champney, of Wellesley Hills, Mass., b. Maj 14, 
9; d. Mar. 13, 1907; m., Aug., [856, Henrietta Champney. who i- 

miwky. 1). Inly 29, 1833; m. Ellen G. Mien. It 
i> uncertain whether he i- living or not; hi- last known residence was 



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HauuLuiuriT'-;. /tic Cuiimc^ $&* 




FAC-SIMILE OF CARD OF W. C. HUNNEMAN & CO., 
Manufacturers of Fire-Engines. (Page 253), 




HAND FIRE ENGINE OF W. C. HUNNEMAN & Co. 
Famous as the "Hunnetnan Tub." (Page 253). 



GENEALOGICAL 255 

in Nashville. Tennessee, in 1893. His wife was last heard from in 
Chicago, 111. No ch. 

930. Joseph Hewes, of Winthrop, Mass.. h. June 29, 1837; 
living; m. Adelaide L. Hendley, who is deceased. No ch. 

931. Henry Champney, of 8 Wabon St.. Roxbury, Mass., b. 
Sept. 8, 1841 : living; m. Abbie E. Twombly. ( For ch., see infra |. 

Children of William C. Hunneman (918) and Frances [. Green: 

932. William Cooper (fourth of the same name), of Roxbury 
and Jamaica Plains. Mass., b. Jan. 24, 1830: d. fan. 28, [869; m., 
Nov. 24. 1852, Sally Williams Patten, of Philadelphia (dau. of John 
Williams Patten, of Roxbury and Philadelphia), who was b. Oct. 16, 
1832. and now resides at 11 Mt. Pleasant Ave.. Roxbury. This Mr. 
Hunneman was a varnish manufacturer. (For ch.. see infra). 

933. Frances Helen, of Roxbury, b. Jan. 2~ , 1837: living; 
unmarried. 

934. Charles, of Roxbury, b. Dec. 3. 1843; d. July 10, 1865. 
He had entered upon the drygoods business. 

935. Charlotte Helen, of Roxbury. b. Oct. 21, 1840: d. Dec. 
10, 1862. 

Children of William W. Seaver and Hannah H. Hunneman 

(920) : 

(1). George Arthur Seaver, of 201 1 Merengo St., New Or- 
leans, La., b. July 17, 1830; (1. 1899; m., 1885. Margie Ford. Ch. : 
Arthur Seaver; Edward Seaver; Margie Seaver. 

(2). William Albert Seaver, of Oakland, Cal., b. July 25, 
1832; (1. 1899; m., 1801, Helen Smith. Ch. : Willard Seaver. 

(3). Joseph Alfred Seaver. of Southampton, L. I., b. July 5, 
1834; living; m., i860, Mary Haulenbeck. Ch. : Blanche Seaver; 
Bessie Seaver; William Seaver; Alfred Seaver; Mary Seaver; 
Helen Seaver. 

(4). Hannah Adelaide Seaver, of 2850 Charles St., Baltimore, 
Md.. b. Aug. 29. 1837: living; m., 1871. Wilson Crosby, of Bangor, 
Me. Ch. : Walter Wilson Crosby; Anna Gertrude Crosby. 

(5). Alexander Hewes Seaver, of Smithtown, L. I., b. Feb. 
K>. 1840: living; m.. June. 1805. Abbie Badger, who was 1>. Dec. 1842. 
and d. Jan.. 1870. ( h. ; 

(a) Ch vrles A. Seaver. of 40 Ninth St.. near 13th Ave., Brook- 
lyn, X. Y.. drygoods dealer, b. [866; living; m. Mary Willcox. Ch. : 
fa) Florence Willcox Seaver; (b) Arthur Freeland Seaver. 



Illl HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Seaver, of 1038, 83rd St.. Brooklyn, b. 
living;m W.Larson. Ch.: George A. Larson. 

Badger Seaver, of 1 130, 84th Si.. Brooklyn, 
ealer, b. [870: living; m. Jam- A. Smith. Ch. : Lloyd Badger 
:; Ch vrles 1 It nnem \s Si inna 

A Kill VER. 

■ Leighton Seaver, of 179, 8th Ave., Brooklyn, 
.matt. b. 1N72: living; tit. Violet Lyon, tit.: Eleanor ? 
Danii i. Leighton Seaver. 

Frank Alexander Seaver, of 8506. 12th A\ 
real estate dealer, b. 1875; living; m. Emelini \. Burrill. Ch. : Wil- 
liam BunuiLL Si.-w ik. 

\. Seaver, of Brooklyn, X. Y.. b. Aug. 13, 1842; 
d. 1904; in. 363, Warren White; (2), 1868, Joseph Milner. 

No ch. 

171. Frances Amanda Seaver, of South < (range, X. J., b. Jan. 
_>5. 1847; ''• l &73i m - '868, Josiah Quincy, who i- living rai e 

Ql'incy, l ; .in nt Quincy. 

Children of Joseph Milner \nd Ann F. Hunneman (921 

( 1 i. Sarah Jam-: Milner, of Roxbury, Mass., b. Mar. 11. 1835; 

d. .May (■. 1880; unmarried. 

(2). Joseph Hunneman Milner, of Boston, Mass., b. Mai 

1832; d. Dec. in. 1899; in. 1 1 1 Lena Poland, of Concord, Mass., who 

was b. 1 ■■ 1841, and d. Oct. 4, (866; and (2) Mrs. Vbbie \. 

White, nee Seaver. Ch. (by L. P.): (a) William P01 \\i> Milner, 
ird, b. Jul) 12, 1859; living; unmarried, (b) Edward Harlon 

Milner, b Dei n, i860; d. July 17. 188 1 

('in 11. Hunneman (923) \\i> Harriet Brad 

William Bradley, farmer, b. July 7. 1846; living, at East 
Alton. 111., m.. 1872, Elizabeth A. Caldwell. No ch. 

937. Hewes, of Barre, Mass., b. Feb 6, 1 S5 1 ; living; m., 1880, 
I .ouise ( arrntli. No ch. 

938 Hewes, salesman, of 17 Algonquin St., Dorchi 

Mass., b y; living; in.. June y, 1888, M. Isabel Sears, who 

was b. < let. 17. 1858. X11 ch. 

Br mh 1 if St. 1 .1 mis, Mo., b. Sept. 13 

1856; living; m.. Nov. 14, [878, V Florence Hall, who was l>. at 
Roxbury, Mass., July 28, 1855. ' '''"' cn - see infra >• 

1 Tin who died in infancy I. 





MR. WILLIAM C. HUNNEMAN (III) 

Roxbury, Mass. 

Born 1830; died 1869. 

(Page 255. No. 932). 



MR. WILLIAM C. HUNNEMAN (IV> 

Brookline, Mass. 

Born 1857: living. 

(Page 257. No. 946). 




MR. WILLIAM C. HUNNEMAN (V), 

Brookline, Mass. 

Born 1892; living. (Page 258. No. 955). 

Note.— This William C. (V) is the sixth of the same name, 
but the fifth in direct succession, of the same family, all whose 
five portraits are given on this and the two preceding pages of 
photographs. 



GENEALOGICAL _,-- 

Children of William Bacon, Jr., and Mary C. Hunneman (924): 
(i) Elizabeth Wyman Bacon, of 45 Devon St., Chestnut Hill, 
Mass., b. Dec. 17, 1S51 ; living; m., June 3, [873, James Henry Daven 
port. M.D.. who was b. Apr. [8, [846, and d. Dec. 26, [878. < h 1 a 
William Davenport, b. Nov. 30, 1X74; ,1. Oct. 5. [876. (b) Man 
Pauline Davenport, b. Sept. 3, 1S77; living. 

(2) Mary Proctor Bacon, of Chestnul Hill, b. Sept. 3, [855; 
living; unmarried. 

Children of Samuel 11. Hunneman, Jr. (927) and Mar^ E. Stone: 

940. Helen Maud, of Hyannis, Mass., b. Sept. 29, 1863; living; 
111.. Nov. 22, 1892, Charles II. Harwood. | For ch., see infra |. 

941. Carleton, of Brookline, Mass., h. Sept. 211. 1866; living; m., 
Apr. 29, 1897, Annie W. Ingle, who was b. Oct. 26, (868. lie is a 
lawyer, who was admitted to the Bar in February. [892, and is senior 
in the law firm of Hunneman & Balch, at 60 Stale St.. Boston, 1 For 
ch., see infra ). 

942. Mary Ethel, of Roxbury, Mass.. b. Nov. 4. 1873; living; 
unmarried. 

Children of John C. Hunneman (928) and Henrietta Ciia.mp- 
ney: 

943. John Augustus, of Wellesley, Mass., b. Nov. 24, [863; 
living; m., Jan. 20, 1891, Josephine Amanda Seidensticker, of Rox- 
bury. He is at present connected with the Second National Bank, of 
Boston, and ex-officio president of the Bank Officers Association. 
Ch. : John Richard Hunneman, b. Apr. 7. 1892; living, and pre- 
paring to enter Harvard Univ. 

Child of Henry C. Hunneman (931) and Arbie E. Twombly: 

944. Elizabeth Champney, of Columbus, O., b. Mar. 21, 1873; 
living; m.. Jan. 1, 1901. Prof. Frank Edwin Sanborn (s. of Henry IT. 
Sanborn), who is Professor in the Columbus University. 

Children of William C. Hunneman (<».^2) and Sally \\ . I'm n 

945. Elizabeth Alibone, of Roxbury, Mass., h. Feb. u. [855; 
living; unmarried. 

946. William Cooper (fifth of same name), of .14 Colchester 
St., Brookline, Mass., b. Feb. 4. 1857; living; m.. June 2. [891, Helen 
L. Richards (dan. of Dexter X. Richards, of Enfield and Boston, and 
Louisa M. Appleton, of Boston), who was b. Dec. 25, i860, ami is 






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living. He was engaged from - 03 with II. Harris & Co., auc- 
tioneers, bul is now retired from active business, although tri 
and director of various institutions. Mr. Hunneman has taken much 
pain ire and .forward information respecting his ancestor, 

Nicholas; without his aid the beginnings of thi- line could nol have 
been carried out. ( For ch., see infra). 

947. [da, of 11 Mt. Pleasant Ave Roxbury, Mass., b. Aug. 11. 

/ ; living : unmarried. 

Helen, of Roxbury, Mass., b. Dec. to, 1861; 
living : unmarried. 

Walter, b. Dec. 4, 1865; d. Jinn- 21, 18 67 

Children of Joseph B. Hunneman (939) and A. Florence Hall: 
tic Bradley, of 52 Washington St.. X.. Boston, 
Ma--.. 1). Apr. 2, 1S81 ; living; in.. Jan. 25, [902, Louise Gertrude Fay, 
who was born Feb. 1. [879 and is living. I For ch., see infn 

951. Grace Louise, of Dorchester, Mass., b. Apr. 14. [884; 
living; unmarried. 

('in \i;i 1 • II Harwood and Helen M. Hunneman >• 

Win utD B. II -<.k\\ 

Children of Carleton Hunneman (941) vnd Annie W. Ingle: 

952. Carleton, Jr., 1>. June 5, 1898; living. 

b. April 25, 1901 : living. 

954. Robert Ingle, b. Nov. 21, 1905; living. 

Chili m C. Hunneman (946) vnd Helen L. Rich- 

are 

955. William ( ooper (sixth of same name), b. June 25, [892; 
living. 

r Rk hards, b. Mar. 20, 1894; living. 
957. Rodi 1 ix. b. Nov. 25, 1896; living. 

min \ppleton, b. Mar. 1. 1900 ; living. 

B. Hunneman (950) and 1 G Fay : 

1 1 \rr ; Jan. 19, 1903 : living. 

b Uig. (6, 1904; living. 
I vura, 1). Jan. 1 1. 1907 : living. 
962. I ■: . Jr., b. May t6, [908 : living 



CHAPTER XV. 

Line of Sarah Honeyman (Yeater), of Kentucky and Missouri. 

Sarah Honeyman was born in \Yu Jersey (so it is stated ) Sept. 
2, [768, and -lied in Fulton, Mo., July 4. 1834. She was buried in the 
private cemetery of her son Peter S. Yeater. The name- of her 
parents are not positively known, but it is quite certain thai her 
mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Boardman, which name has b en 
continued in the family to the present day. It is supposable that her 
father's name was Charles Honeyman, that name also being continued 
in the family. A few years ago the late Dr. Charles Honeyman 
Yeater. of Missouri, stated his belief (T know not on what founda- 
tion) that Sarah was a sister to the Charles Honeyman, of West Vir- 
ginia, whose line is given in Chapter XIII. It has also been -tated 
(see page 201 ) that Sarah was a niece of John Honeyman. "the Spy 
of Washington," whose line is given in Chapter XII. but as to this I 
have found no proofs.* The Boardman family seems to have been 

* Since the above text was in type. T hive come almost to ihe conclusion that Sanh Honeyman 
(Yeater) and Charles Honeyman, ni West Virginia (see Chapter XI I U, w re children of Samuel Honey- 
man of Philadelphia, of the line of Samuel Honevman of England. (See Samuel, 638, Chapter XI). My 
reasons are : (1) 'I hat Samuel was of the right age to be their father. (2) That Samuel w 'S pn.b bly not 
living in Phil dejphia until 1769, hi- children evidently having be> n baptised elsewhere. He might easily 
have resided in New Jersey ; many Phiiad' Iphian* having gone over to Camden when thai city was being 
laid out. and Snnue' being h'-n-Hf a carpenier. I his would account for Sarah's b.ing born in 
New fersey. and, perhaps, Charles al-o. (1) Samuel lisappeared from the Philadelphia records at just the 
time when it is supposed Sarah and Ch tries went t 1 Virginia, although it is not actually known where 
Charles came from w hen he wnt to Virginia. (4 ) The fact that Charles had a son named Samuel a ds the 
presumption hat that was his father's name 15) ' he fact that he had an earlier sun namrd W\ liam aids 
the presumption that he was named ft»r Charles' grandfather, Wi'liam. (6) [n relation to Sarah while 
she named no son Samne , it may be that the sec nd son, Peter S., wa* nam^d Peter Samuel. 1 7) That 
Sarah had a sun Charles aids the presumption of the relationshio oi Sarah to Charles of Virginia (8) Dr. 
Charles H. Veater, although born alter the death f both Conrad and Sarah Yeater, whs old enough to 
have known from family be irsay that hi- ura d mi it her ^arah was actual 'y a sister to Charles ( ,,) Gener- 
ally speak in i.'. the nanus of the immediate desi enriants of t harles and Sarah favor the supposition that 
both descended fn m the line of William Honeyman ol Philadelphia (632, page 19 j), whose < Infirm appear 
on page 20 , and who was the father of '■amuet. 

If this conjei tine be correct, the descendant > of Sarah Honeyman (Yeater), and Charles Honeyman 
(of Chapier \ 1 ! I ) are traceable to Samuel Honeyman of England, whose line so far as known is given 

in Chapter XT. 

The questi »n remains as to whether Iomi Honevman ''the Spy," (of Chapter XI It, wis also con- 
nected with this same general family, In addition to the unsatisfactory footnote on page 118, ante I can 
only add that the fact that John Honeyman, " the Spy.** w nt from Canada, after Wolfe's campaign in 
1759. not to New kntfland or New York, as would hav been natural, hut to Philadelphia, where he 
settled and married, miyht we 1 be 1 aken to indicate that he had some relatives there. And the fact that 
he named his children lane, Margaret, John, M17, Mines, Sanh, e^c, and that various of hts grand- 
children were named William, might become a ba -is for the C"DJ cture tliat he was a broi her to W Iltam of 
Philadelphia (^}2, page 199) Put the fact that the name Samuel nowhere appears in his line and other 
known facts, are against the hypothesis. 



2<3o THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

innecticut. There is a published history of that family, 
but there is no mention of a marriage of an Elizabeth to a Honeyman 
in it. 

Probably Sarah remo Virginia early in life, as she there 

married, in i; ail Yeater. who was born in Pennsylvania, Apr. 

i. 1769, ami died in Fulton, Mo., Vug., i6, [834. IK' also was buried 
in Warren Co., Missouri. Mr. Yeater was a fanner ami miller, ami 

radition in the Yeater family i- that hi- parents came from 
Germany to Pennsylvania, ami he went thence u< Virginia, when- he 
married. After marriage, and probably th< ear, Conrad V 

and wife wen I to near Mt. Sterling, Bourbon I 0., Kentucky, where 
their firsl child, Joseph B. Yeater, was born. All the children, in 

onrad Yeater were born there, and such grandchildren as were 

born priur to the Fall of 1817. In 1S17 they went to what was 

then St. Chat 1 nty, Mo., and in [818 settled on Camp Branch. 

In December, [818, Montgomery County was established and incl 

their home. In January, 1833, Warren County was cut off from 

Montgomery, so that thereafter that county, with Warrenton as the 

count) seat, became their residence, and Warrenton their postofnee 

Mr. I-".. P. Johnson, of St. Louis, Mo., has furnished me with the 

facts, and with most of the line of Sarah Honeyman Yeater 

.j ven below. 

The descendants of Sarah Honeyman Yeater to the number of 

aboul given below. This is the firsl record that has ever been 

made of this family, and, while none of them are Honeymans in name. 

the publication is made for the benefit of her descendants, who are 

. and many of whom take a strong interest in their 

tral line. 



Chili rad Yeater \nd Sarah Honeyman: 

1. Joseph Boardman \ physician and farmer, of Louis- 

iana, Mo., b. Jan. [8, 1790; .1. 1 let 9; m., Mar. 23, [809, Mary 

Penix, win, was b. D 9, 1793, ami d. [867. 1 For ch., see ini 
-■ Peter S. Yi \ter, farmer, of Warrenton. M,,.. h. Nov. 14. 
■ I. Mar. u. 1864; m., Nov. 19, iSn,, Dorcas I >. Sconce, who 
■ ami d. Ma) 6, 1885. 1 For ch., see infi 



:■• lohn 

m 1 8;; and 
1778. 



GENEALOGICAL _,,,, 

3. Mary Yeater (usually called "Polly"), of Louisiana, Mo., 
b. Jan. 23. [794; ,1. Apr. 9, 1872; m., N T ov. [6, 1814. John |,,h.i> ( „i. 
farmer, who was b. Feb. 1S. [792, and d. Sept. 28, [878. (For eh.. 
see infra ). 

4. Elizabeth I". Yeater, of VVarrenton, Ah.., b. Feb. 27. [796; 
d. Feb. 22, 1851 ; 111., July 9, 1820. Joseph S. King, farmer, who was b. 
Aug. 23, i7Q<>. and d. Aug. 10, 1852. ( For ch., see infra). 

5. Henry Yeater, farmer, of Frankford, Mo., b. Apr. 1. [797; 
d. Jan. 28. 1880: m., Jan. 27. 1821. Susan Shields, who was 1,. | ,-,,,' ]0> 
1802. and d. June 17. 1851. ( For ch.. see infra ). 

6. Ann Yeater (usually called "Nancy"), of Price's Branch, 
Montgomery Co., Ah,., b. Sept. 27. 1800; ,1. Apr. 15. 1845; m.. July 9, 
1820, Reuben I'. Pew, farmer, who was b. Oct. 8. 17s.). and d \u- 
ro. 1858. (For ch.. see infra). 

7. Sarah Yeater, of Fulton, Mo., b. \'<jv. 27, 1802; d. Feb. 1 1. 
1842; m., I )ct. 18. 1820. Ezra Bostic Sitton, who was h. fan. 6. [797. 
and d. June 12, 1855. 1 For ch.. see infra). 

8. Catherine Yeater, of Sidney. Mo., b. [806; d. Inly 14. 184!;; 
m., Feb. 3, 1828. Nicholas Broadley, farmer, who was h 1803. and d. 
Feb. 28, 1875. < For ch., see infra). 

9. Charles Honeyman Yeater, merchant, of Osceola, Mo., b. 
Jan. 2j„ 1808; d. May 6, [862; m. Judith Jamison, who was !,. | an . 
10. 1805, and d. ( let. 14, [866. ( For ch., see infra >. 

10. George Washington Yeater. farmer, of Windsor, Mo., b. 
Apr. 19, 1810; d. Jan. 20, 1870; m ., Jan. 10. 1832. Elizabeth Allen, who 
was b. Jan. 15, 1815, and d. ( )ct. 20. 1000. ( For ch.. see infra 1. 

Children of Joseph li. Yeater i i | \xn Mary Penix: 

n. Eliza Axx Yeater, of Louisiana. Ah... b. Jan. 28. 1810; d. 
Aug.. 1879; ™-. May 10. 1827. William Bryson, farmer, who was b._ 
Dec. 13. 1801, and .1. May 5. [864. 1 For ch.. see infra I. 

12. Conrad Penix Yeater, farmer, of Louisiana, Ah... h. May 

12. 1813; d. May 9, 1870; m. (1), Jan. 20. 1838. Mary Ann Milroy, 
who was b. Oct. 27. 1817. and d. 1840 ; 12), July 1. 1848. Euphrasia 
Smith, who was b. Sept. 18. iS2<>, and is living. ( For ch.. see infra). 

13. Price Jackson Yeater, farmer, of Louisiana, Ah... 1>. [uly 

13, 1815; d. Jan. 14, r886; m., Alar. 20. 1840. Alartlia Jane Bryson, 
win. was b. June 20, 1810. and d. Apr. 14. 1873. | For ch., see infra ). 

14. Sarah Honeyman Yeater, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Pel.. 14. 
181S; deceased; in., 1843, Turner G. Baxter, of Napa City, ("ah. who 
was b. 1820. (For ch., see infra). 



THE HOXEYMAN FAMILY 

[5. Martha W. Y eater, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Feb. 16, [820; d 
[2, [878; 111.. Oct. 19, [837, John Johnson Smith, farmer, who 

3, [812, and d. Jan. 1. [908. (For ch., see infra). 
[6. Elizabeth Yeater, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Aug. 28, [822; d. 

1-. |, Pi er, of Albany, Mo., b. Aug 1. [825; d. 

fan. i->. 1899; m.. Nov. 16, 1845, Martha J. Sampson, who was b. Feb. 
17. i d. June 15. 19 >6. I For ch., see infra |. 

i8. rs Yeater, of Louisiana, Mo., b. ^ug. 25, 1827; 

(1. Nov. 25. 1836. 

19. Henry Neal Yeater, farmer, of Salem. Mo., !>. Nov. 1. 
1830; living; m., Nov. 11. 1855, Susan Elizabeth Milroy, who was b. 
. 15. [834, and d. Mar. 24, 1903. I For ch., see infra). 

: Yeater (2) and D .•:■.: 

; \ rmer, of Warrenton, M<>.. b. Nov. 

14, [820; d. July [2, [893; 111. Mary Bryant. 1 For cl fra I. 

21. Francis Marion Yeater, farmer, of Warrenton, Mo., b. 
Jan. 23, 1821 : deceased ; n\ Lydia 1 

Iamis'I farmer, of Lewisville, Ore., b. Sept. 

11, 1822; cl. Sept. 18, 1891; m. Margaret Burns. Ch.: Mary Ann, 
who in. a Smith ; WiiJ 1 \m : John bus. 

23. Sarah Ann Yeater, of Moberly, Mo., b. Apr. 6, 1824; 
m. Joseph Livesay. Ch. : Joseph : Missouri, who m. Frank 
Tuttle; [ohn, of New Franklin,' Mo. : James, lawyer, of Cripple Creek, 
< ', 1I1 ,. 

Lydia [ani Yi vter, of Warrenton, Mo., 1>. Feb. 11. 

1 John Hutchison and (2) Henry Palmer. Ch. : 
l mis, M". 
of Warrenton, Mo., b. Nov. [9, 1827; d. 
Dei on. 

r, of Warrenton, Mo., b. Se] I 28, 1829; d. 
July 18, 1833 

Andrew I farmer, of Warrenton, M 

fan. 25, 1834: d. No\ 9 ; m. Mary Uptegrove Ch.: Lizzie, of 

. Mo., who m. a Shealor : Jam 

Henry W. Yeater, farmer, of Warrenton, Mo., b. M 
■ : (1. kug. 31, i903;m. Nettie Burrell. No children. 

Elvira Frances N of Jonesburg, Mo., 1>. < Hi 17. 

[841; living; m., Jan. 11. 1874, Hiram Williamson, cl No 

children. 



GENEALOGICA] , (1 , 

30. William P. Yeater, who d. in infancy. 

Children of John Johnson \\i> Mary Yi \,i u (3): 

31. Conrad Yeater Johnson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Nov 10 

1815; .1. Jan. 28, 1821. 

32. (Daughter unnamed), b. Apr, [817; d. June 5, 1817. 

3i. Sarah Honeyman Johnson, of Louisiana, Mo. b Mar ?i 
1818; .1. Jan. 28, [821. 

34. Ann Johnson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. lulv 11. 1820- d Dec 
30. 1896; m.. Nov. 24, 1844. Thomas G. Myres, farmer, who'd. [853! 
(For ch., sec infra ). 

35. Elizabeth Johnson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Dec. 17, i8-_>- 
•1. May 20. 1849; „,.. Mar. 28, 183.,. William Lewis Milroy, contractor 
and builder, who was b. May 10, 1815, and d. Feb. 2j, 1855. (Mr 
Milroy again m., Apr. 14, 185,,, Margaret Stephens,,,, fohnson, sister 
to Elizabeth. ) 1 For ch.. see infra |. 

36. Catherine Johnson, of Louisiana. Mo., b. Apr. 26, 1825- 
• 1. Jan. 18. 1902; m.. Jan. 24. ,847, John McDowell Milroy, contractor 
and builder, who was h. May 17, 1820. and d. Feb. 7, 1877. | For ch.. 
see infra). 

37. Margaret Stephenson Johnson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. 

Mar. 19. 1827; d. Mar. 15, 1001 : m., Apr. 14. 1850. William I 
Milroy. contractor and builder, being his second wife. | For ch 
infra ). 

38. Thomas Johnson, farmer, of Louisiana. Mo., b. May 11, 
1829; d. May 19, 1849. 

39. John Johnson, miner, of Grass Valley, Cal., b. May 7, [83] : 
d. May 10. 1904. 

40. Eliza Bryson Johnson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. May 10. [833; 
d. Mar. 1, 1884: m., Oct., i860, James R. Murphy, stock trader, who 
was b. Aug. 17, 1836, and d. Feb. 2, 1869. (For ch., see infra). 

41. Edward Peers Johnson, lawyer, of St. Louis, Mo., b. Feb. 
11. 1837; living; m. (1), Nov. 15. 1866. Emily Eliza Jennings, who 
was b. Apr. 14. 1842, and d. Aug. 9. 1873; and (2), Aug. 10. 1870. 
Mary Adelaide Cross, nee Haley, who, as "Addie M. Johnson," has 
been a well k,„,\v„ woman suffrage lecturer. ( For ch., see infra ). 

42. William Henry Harrison Johnson, expressman, of Col- 
ton. Cal., b. June 17, 1830; living; m. (1). May 1. 1802, Esther M. 
Caverley, who was b. Aug. 1. 1842, and d. Aug. 24. 1805; and 121. 
(let. 14. 1867. Martha Ann Davis, nee Venable, who was h. Dec. 2. 
1836, and is living. (For ch., see infra ). 



Till- HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Children of Joseph S. Kin.. \nd Elizabeth P. Yeater (4): 

43. Conrad Yi vter King, physician, of Montgomery Co., Mo., 

b. Ma) 13, 1821 : d. Apr. 13. 1855; m. I 1 I, Jan. _>. 1844, Rachel Sum- 

;and (2), July 9, 1 851. Jane Luckett. Ch. (by R. S.) : Lycurgus, 

b. Feb. 11, 1847; d. Oct. "'■ l8 4 8 ' '' '''> ■' L i: J ose P h ''"■■ '' - lul - v 

3, 1852 : d. Mar. 13, 185 L 

[saai K. King, miller, of Jonesburg, Mo., b. Dec. 3, 1822; 
d. Feb. 17. 1876; 111.. Dec. 23, 1841, Hannah Crews (For ch., see 
infra I. 

15, |niix \o King, miller, of rruxton, Mo., b. Feb. 8, 

15. 1848; m., Feb. 17. [846, Caroline W. Crews, who was 
b. July 14. 1824, and d. Jan. 1. [899 I For ch., see infr 

I.m.i \ King, of Middletown, Mo., b. Nov. 21, 1825; d. June 
11, 1867; 111.. Sept. 7. 1847, ,Vu ' r Howard, farmer. (For ch., see 
infi : 

47. Charles Honeyman King, farmer, of Warrenton, M 
Inly 27, 1829; d. Mar. 23, 1889; in.. July -'4. 1S57. Elizabeth Carrico, 
who was 1). Aug. 15. 1839, and d. June 22, 189 I For ch . see infra). 
King, of l orso, Mo., b. Feb. 24, 1832; .1 Sepl 3, 
in mi. Dec 29, 1853, Richard S. Brown, blacksmith, who was 
b Se| deceased; and (2), Nov. 27, [862, Isaac Uptegrove, 

of Silex, Mo., farmer, who was b. June 7. 1814, and d. Mar. 4. 
ch., see infi 

Children of Henry Yeater (5) vnd Susan Shim 

Martha Yeater, of Dubuque, la., b. Sept. 18, 1822; d. \ug. 
29, [850; in.. [844, Charles Shields, who d. \n-. 23, 1851. 1 For ch., 
intra I. 

50. Washington Yeater, farmer, of Frankford, Mo., I>. Feb. 
18, [824; d. Dei 29, 1851 ; unmarried. 

51. William Yeater, farmer, of Frankford, Mo., b. Di 
1825 : d. Aug. i'. 184 (. 

52. I'm wo; Yi \iiu-. of Mameda Co., Cal.. b. Feb. 23, 1829; 
d. Jan. 29, 1857; i'i . Sept. 17. 1854, Lindsay. One child, 

53. < '. >n k \i> Pheli.n Yi 1 Frankford, Mo., b. Apr. 14. 
1 : living : unmarried. I- retired. 

S \u mi Yi \ter. of Suver, ( ire., b. Mar. 31, 1832 ; living: m . 
1853, Weston McLane, \v!i" was 1>. 1834, and i- dei Ch.: 

I . of Grants Pa * . b. Nov. 19, (859: and two others 
whi ■ d. in infai 



GENEALOGICAL _,,,. 

55- James Yeater, fanner, of Frankford, Mo., b. Feb. 7. [835- 

d. July 19, [S59; unmarried. 

56. Elizabeth Yeater, of Frankford, Mo., b. ( >ct 1* 1850- ,1 
Nov, 29, 1850. 

57- Charles Honeyman Yeater, dentist, of Frankford Mo b 
Aug. 6, 1842; ,1. Dec. 1, 1899; m., Mar. 31, t8 93 , Lottie Alert/ who 
was b. Aug. 21, 1857, and d. Mar. 4, 1894. 

58. Mary H. Yeater, of Frankford, Mo., b. Feb 13 1847- d 
Jan. 12, 1870; m„ Sept. 17, t868, J. B. Reed. X,, children. 

Children of Reuben P. Pew and Ann Yeater (6) : 

59- Anderson Jackson Pew, farmer, of Middletown Mo b 
May 26. 1821 ; ,1. Apr. 5, 1882; m„ Nov. 10. 1846, America Ayres who 
was b. Feb. 9, 1824, and d. June 20, [905. , For ch, see infra). 

60. George Washington Pew, farmer, of Middletown, Mo., b. 
July 2, 1824; d. Dec. 20, 1885; m. I 1 ), 1850, Keziah Davidson; and 
(2), Sept. 16, 1855, Katharine Sparks. Ch. : Virginia Axx. 

61. Amanda Katherine Pew, of Prices Branch, Mo., b [an >i 

1827; d. Oct. 10, 1835. 

62. Francis Marion Pew, of Prices Branch, Ah. 1, Dec - 
1828; d. Sept. 1, 1830. 

63. Sallie Pew, of Prices Branch, Mo., b. Tulv 14 1831 ■ d Dec 
2 3- 1833. 

64. Frances Ann Pew, of Laddonia, Mo., b. Tune 26, 1833; d. 
Sept. 18, 1907; m., Oct. 30, 1853, George Washington Brown, farmer 
Ch.: Mattie; Jackson; Charles; Mary; Reuben; May; Georgi ; 
Birdie; James; Fannie, who d. in infancy. 

65. Mary Jemima Pew. of Truxton. Mo., b. June 21, 1835' 
living; m, (about) 1856, M. Green. Ch. : Ruth; Dora; HattieJ 
S. B. ; Minnie; Charles; Myron; Reuben. 

66. Judith Ellen Pew, of Prices Branch, Mo., b. Feb. 20, 1838; 
deceased ; unmarried. 

67. Nancy Elizabeth Pew, of Middletown, Mo., b. Dec '4 
1840; d. Mar., 1902; m. (1), i860, Henry Clare, farmer, by whom die 
had ch.: Albert; Maria; Minnie; and (2). 1870, Daniel L 
farmer, by whom she had ch. : Estella D. 

Children of Ezra B. Sitton and Sarah Yeater (7). 

68. James O. Sitton, physician, of Canaan, Mo., 1, Fuly 20 
1822; d. Mar. 6, 18S8; m., Feb. 18, 1846, Susannah G. Hibler. '1 For 
ch., see infra). 

18 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

,. Marquis L. Sitton, farmer, of Fulton, Mo., b. May 19, 
[824; d. [une [3, 1851 : unman 

Andrew J. Sitton, of Fulton, Mo., b. Apr..). 1826; d. Sept. 

4. [830. 

71. Catherine I'.. Si I Fulton, Mo., b. July 11. [827; d. 
Aug. -7. 1854; m., [848, John Galwith, merchant. One ch., who d. in 
infancy. 

72. Mary 1'.. Sitton, of Fulton, Mo., b. Jan. .;. [829; d. I'd'. 23, 

: unmarried. 

73. William C. Sitton, of Fulton, Mo., b. Mar. 21, [831; d. 

21, [834. 

74 . George I.. Sn roN, of Fulton, Mo., b. Feb. r8, [833; -1. Sept. 

28, 1852; unmarried. 

75. Martha A. Sn Fulton, Mo., b. Nov. jo. [834; d. 

Dec. 4. 1834. 

70. Sarah A. Sitton, of Canaan, Mo., b. July 3. [836; d. May 

5, [8 

77. Amanda Sn TON, of Fulton, Mo., !>. July 20, [839; d. [841. 

78. Nicholas n. Sitton, b. Aug. 27, 1841 ; d. Ait., 1908. 

I HILDREN OF NICHOLAS BR0ADL1 D I VTHERINE YEATER (8): 

7.,. Sarah Broadley, of Fulton, Mo., b. Nov. 5. 1828; d. in 
infancy. 

80. Conrad Broadley, of Fulton, Mo., 1.. 1 let. -•. [829; d. in 
infancy. 

Si. Elizabeth Boardman BroadLey, of Canton, Mo., b. Jul) t2, 
1831 ; '1. Jan. 14. 1903; in.. Apr. 9, [849, John ( lliver Wood, fanner, 
of Spartanburg, S. C, who was 1>. July 1;. [821, and is living, 
ch., »ee infra i. 

Sj. 1 in Broadley, of Fulton, Mo., b. Dec. 23, [833; d. in 

infancy. 

83 Broadley, of Fulton, Mo., b. Oct. 1. 1836; d. 1841. 

•mil Broadley, of Fulton, Mo., b. Apr. 5. [839; d. in 

infancy. 

85, dley, of Fulton, Mo., b. Nov. 11, 1841 ; d. in 

infancy. 

William Nicholas D. Broadley, of Monroe City, Mo.. 
b. I11K i-'. [843; '1. Feb. 8, 1864; unmarried. 

; [ONEYMAN Yl Ml R lot \\l> JUDITH J VMI- 

iN : 



GENEALOGK \l , ( _ 

87. John J. Yeater, merchant, of 302 Grand Ave., Sedalia 
Mo., b. Dec. 1, 1831 ; living; m., July 22, 1858, Sarah J. Ellis, who is 
living. (For ch., see in Ira ). 

88. Jalev Yeater. h. Dec. 31, [833; ,1. in infancy. 

89. Joseph K. Yeater. of Sedalia, Mo., b. Dec. 26 1838- d 
Apr. 16, 1897; m., ( >ct. 31. 1871, Mary E. Dean. Ch. : CorI Yeater! 
b. Sept. 14, 1872; m., Feb. 5. 1902, William Schnarre, and ha- one ch 
Dean Christian, b. Sept. 20, 1903. 

90. Sarah Yeater, of Fayetteville, Ark., b. Mar. 16 1845' liv- 
ing; m. Dec. 8, 1864, E. Butler Harrison, merchant. (For ch., see 
infra). 



Children of George W. Yeater i to) and Elizabeth Allen: 

91. Catherine Yeater, of ( >sceola, Mo., b. Apr. 3, 1833; d. in 
infancy. 

92. George E. Yeater, stockman, of Sedalia, Mo., b. Apr. 11, 
1835; d. May 20. 1899; m., Oct. 10, 1851., Susan Adaline Rico. | For 
ch., see infra). 

93. Sarah Yeater, of Osceola, Mo., b. Jan. 30, 1837; d. in 
infancy. 

94. Henry Yeater, of Osceola, Mo., b. Mar. 10, 18^9- d Mar 
19. 1858. 

95. Sidun Yeater, of Windsor. Mo., b. Aug. 31, 1841 ; living; 
m., 1869, Irwin McMillan. No ch. 

96. Catherine Yeater, of Winds.,,-. Mo., b. Nov. 6, 1843; '•■ 
Jan. 15, 1900; probably m., hut particulars unknown. 

97. Sarah Ann Yeater. of Windsor, Mo., b. July 10. 1846; 
living; m., 1875, James Burcham. | For eh., see infra). 

98. Jackson Yeater, of Windsor, Mo., b. Nov. 28. 1847; '■ 
Nov. 7, 1885. 

99. Francis Marion Yeater, of Sedalia, Mr,., 1,. Feb. 15. [851 : 
living; m., Oct., 1877, Anne Haygard. Ch. : (1 ) Lee, I,. r88i ; living; 

m., 1903, Meifee, and has one ch. ( 2 ) Gertrude, b. 1883 ; 

living; m., 1906. Fowler. 

100 Charles Honeyman Yeater, of Osceola, Mo., b. June 24 
1853; d. Feb. 1, 1865; unmarried. 

101. Mary E. Yeater, of More. Texas, b. Nov. 24, 1855 ; living; 
m., 1880, Dan Renfre. Ch. : Mabel, b. 1892. 

102. William Yeater, of Osceola, Mo., b. Mar. 7, 1859; d. 
Nov. 4. 1874. 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

i William Bryson and Eliza Ann Yeateb (ii): 
Martha Walker I of Louisiana, Mo., b. Apr. 26, 

d. 1903; in.. Thomas M. Carroll, farmer. Had ch. 

104. John Bryson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Aug. 19, 1830; d. Dei 
1 1. 1907 : unmarried. 

105. Mary Jam: Bryson, of Appleton City, Mo., b. Mai 

-: in. William 11. Nalley; living: had ch. 
izabeth Bryson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. May 23, 1837; 
sed ; m. William J. Dougherty ; living. Had ch. 
in-. Sarah Catherine Bryson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. May 29, 
1841; living: 111. Charles Dougherty; living. Has ch. 

William Newton Bryson, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., 
pt. 24, [844; living: 111.. Nov. 11. 1869, Susanna M. Reading, who 
was b. Feb. 5, 1850. 1 For ch., see infra |. 

.Ni- Isabella Bryson, of Independence, Mo., b. May 4. 
1847; living: 111.. Mar.. 1865, Robert Finley Ayres, fruit grower, who 
is living, i For ch., see infi 

no. Orleana Brys Fr; rd, Mo., b. Apr. 5, 1853; 

(1. Jan. 21, 1888; m. Hiram (Jnsell, farmer. Three children. 
111 1 -\ Duff Bryson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. ' 

: living: m. J. Nalley, farmer. Ha- ch. 



Childrei rad P. Yeati ind Mary Ann Milroy: 

ri2. Many Elizabeth "\ 1 Denl Co., Mo., b. Nov. 15. 

. living: m. Aimer Swart -welter. No other particulars. 

113. Ann Victoria Yi if Louisiana, Mo., b. 1840; '1. 

1876; m., 1863, Patrick Henry, ' Ch.: (1) Edward, b. ii 

,1. Nov. 17. [880 2) Mollie, b. 1866; (3) John, b. [868; (4) 
Annik Belle, b. [872; (5) ] , b. [875. 

ii. j. A iTER, of Louisiana, Mo., b. [842; d. [853. 

11;. [oseph Yeater, of Louisiana, Mo., b. 1846; 1 



Chu i nrad !'. Yeati r (12) vnd -1 \ Smith : 

11'.. Irvine Josephine Yeater, b. May u. 1849; living: m.. 

:. William Clinton Yeater. farmer, who was b. May _•-'. 

I, and i- living. Ch. : Maude Mvuti.k: Laura 1 T 1 1 1 \. 1>. Dec. 14. 

ii-. Martha Helen Yi n r, b June 27, 1852; m., July 27, 
I Newell. (For ch., see infra). 



GEXEALOGICAL _,,,,, 

Children of Price Jackson Yeater (13) and Martha J. I'.k, on: 

118. Mary E. Yeater. of Louisiana, Mo., b. I >ct. 27, 1841 ; de- 
ceased; m. William D. Holliday. 

119. Louisa E. Yeater, of Louisiana, Mo., b. |ulv iS, [843; 
living; m. John G. Davenport. 

120. Catherine Jaxe Yeater, b. Jan. 8, 184s; deceased; no 
particulars. 

121. Susan Emily Yeater. of Louisiana, Mo., b. Bine 21, 1847; 
living: m.. 1805, Christian Schultz; who was b. May 28, [838, and is 
living. (For ch., see infra ). 

122. William J',. Yeater, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Feb. 
24. 1849; deceased; m. Sophia Boleny. 

123. Eliza Axx Yeater, b. ( let. 24, 1850; d. Tan. 15, 1873: 

124. Cornelia E. Yeater. I, May 23, 1853; no further particu- 
lars. 

125: Joseph P. Yeater, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Oct. 15, 
1854; d. Feb. 14, 1876; unmarried. 

126. John C. Yeater, b. May 19. 1856; no further particulars. 

127. Robert B. Yeater, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Dec 12 
1855; d. Oct. 8, 1887; unmarried. 

128. Delia E. Yeater. b. Dec. 15, i860; no further particu- 



lars. 



Children of Turner G. Baxter and Sarah H. Yeater (14) ; 

128a. Mary Ann Baxter, of Louisiana, Mo., b. 1844; de- 
ceased; m., but particulars unknown. 

128b. Austie J \xe Baxter, of Louisiana. Mo., b. 1846; living; 
m. Lewis Venable. Has children. 

128c. William Baxter, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. [848; 
deceased; m., but particulars unknown. 

I28d. Goldex W. Baxter, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. 1857; 
deceased; m., but particulars unknown. 

Children of John J. Smith and Martha W. Yeater (15): 

129. William B. Smith, fanner, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Dec. 
11, 1838; living; m. Mrs. J. Holliday. Has ch. 

130. Mary Elizabeth Smith, of Haw Creek. Mo., b. Jul-. [9, 
1841 ; living; m. William Caverley. farmer. Four children. 

131. Medora A. Smith, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Apr. 18. 1844; 
d. Aug. 10, 1890; m. Lafayette Reading. Five children. 



2 _ THE I ion ky: man family 

[32. Zacharv Taylor Smith, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. 
Mar. 7. [847; living; is married, but no particulars. 

[33. Hester Ann Smith, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Apr. 30, * 
d. June 28, 1876; unmarried. 

[34. fosEPH II. Smith, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Oct. [3, 
[853; living; m. I 1 I, Jan. 6, 1881, Ella V. Collins, who was b. Sept. 
14. 1X5;,. and d. Juno 25, [902; and (2), May 7. 1905, Katie B. Emer- 
son, who was b. < let. 31, [872. I For ch., see infra 1. 

135. Martha J. Smith, b. Sept. 8, 1856; no particulars. 

[36. \.\ .1. Smith, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Sep:, s. [859; 

.1. May [3, i885;m., Dec. '•. 1881, William Love. 

Children of John B. Yeater i 17 1 \m> Martha J. Samps 

137. George Yeater, of Louisiana, Mo., b. 1846; d. Aug. 2, 1849. 

138. William Clinton Yeater, farmer, of Denl Co., Mo., b. 
Ma\ 1 let. J4. 1873. Irvine Josephine Yeater. 

vine J. V l6), supi 

139. ii-.kyi, C. Yi iter, farmer, of Albany, Mo., b. Aug. 13, 
1853; living; m.. Sept. 20, 1876, Irene \llen. Ch.: Ethel; \i.va; 
Harry; Herman; Eva; Bessie; Fred. 

Wiii.i . farmer of Albany, Mo., b. Aug. [9, 1856; 

living; m., Feb. 25, 1899, Louisa Green. Ch.: Flora; John; Pearl; 
Ray : Berenice; Raymond. 

141. X' Yi MR. of Albany, Mo., b. Apr. 1. [858; living; 
m.. Aug. 1''. 1891, Roberl Van Nostrand. No children. 

[ Albany. Mo., 1>. Jan. 15. 
living; m.. Nov. 1. [877, Hiram W. Terry, farmer. Ch.: Gertrude; 
John ; Mantua. 

\lbany, Mo., I>. Sept. [8, 
;, : living : unman 

144. Martha I of Albany, Mo., b. Sept. 12, 1 

livin Smart. N'o children. 

Homer Penix Yeater, farmer, of Albany, Mo., b. June 
12, ring; in.. < let. 16, 1898, Jennie Rowe. 



Children of Henry X. Yeater i 19) vnd Si san E. Milroy: 

l Iomer > farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. 

Nov. 13, 1856; 'I. Feb. j. 1881 : unmarried. 

' or, M".. 1.. Nov. 13, 1859; 
livinj irles Bert Bealert, farmer, who was b. 



GENEALOGICAL 2 - l 

Dec. 22, 1845. Ch.: Anna Frances, b. Mar. 5, 1895; Susan Cath- 
erine, b. Nov. r8, 1896. 

148. Alice Aline Yeater, of Fort Benton, Mont., I). Feb 22 
1862; d. Oct. 28, 1902; m.. Nov., 1901, Harry H. Gilmore, rancher! 
Ch. : Infant Daughter, b. 1902, and d. unnamed. 

C49- Ulysses Grant Yeater, fanner, of Salem, Mo., b. Aug. 15, 
1S64; living; m., Jan. 13, 1892, Mandring Robberds, who was b. Feb! 
20, 1867. Ch.: Clare, 1.. Sept. 9, [893; I Iron II., |,. < > ct . 1 5l 1895; 
Lucy, b. Sept. 22, 1900; Harry, I,. May t 9 , 1903; Glenn, b Dec 
17, 1907. 

150. Polly Penix Yeater, of Fort Benton, Mont., b. Dec. 1, 
1873 : living; in.. Mar. 8, 1900, Ferrell L. Smith, who was b. 1863. No 
children. 

Children of Jefferson B. Yeater (20) and Mary Bryant: 

151. Peter Yeater, of Troy, Mo. 

152. Nora Yeater, of Troy, Mo., m. Holland. One 

child, deceased. 

Children of Thomas (1. Myres and Ann Johnson (34) : 

152a. John Alexander Myres, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Nov. 15. 
1845; d. Aug. 9, 1846. 

[52b. Eliza Helen Myres, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Aug. 19, 1847; 
d. 1868: m., Apr. 11, 1804, James Henderson. Ch. : Infant, b. and 
d. 1S66; Reuben, b. 1867. 

152c. Mary Elizabeth Myres, b. Apr. 2, 1850; died in infancy. 

i52d. William Henry Harrison Myres, insurance agent of St. 
Louis, Mo., b. July 20, 1852; d. Apr. 23, 1802: m., Nov. 3. 1878, Pau- 
line Elgin, who d. 1889. Ch.: Ethel, b. 1887, at Clarksville, Mo., 
and (1. 1894. 

Children of William L. Milroy and Elizabeth Johnson (35): 

153. John McDowell Milroy, carpenter, of Louisiana, Mo., 
b. Jan. 10, 1840; living; unmarried. 

154. James Conrad Milroy, ferryman, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Jan. 
9. 1842 ; d. Sept. 1, 1895 ; m. Mar. 21. 1883, Ida Olive Watson, who was 
b. July 2^, 1857, and d. Feb. 22, iqo8. Ch. : Karl Watson, I.. Dec. 
1883; June Sii \\y, b. June 30, 1886; Nellie Belle Olive, b. Feb. 3, 
1892; James Conrad, b. Nov. 3, 1894. 

155. Laura Jane Milroy, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Apr. 11, [844; 
deceased. 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

[56. Zachary Taylor Milroy, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Nov. 21, 

5. ' S 4 S - 

157. Mary Elizabeth Milroy, of Decatur. 111., b. Nov. 17. [848; 
living; m., June 6, 1872, John Quinlan, who was b. Sept. 20, 1841, and 
d. Jan. 20, i- : Katherine Roland, b. Mar. 31, [873; Pau- 

Milroy, b.' Mar. 5, [878; Ethel Lucille, b. Sept. 18, 1881; 
John Milroy, b. July 26, 1887. 

Children of William L. Milroy and Margaret S. Johns 

158. William Taylor Milroy, lumberman, of Wausau, Wise, 
b. Mar. 25, (851 : living; m. 1 1 I, Jan. 15, 1885, Mary 1). Martin, who 
was b. Mar. 25, 1851, and d. Jum : and (2), Jan. 15, 
Alice A. C. Clark, who was b. Apr. 2, [869, and is living. One child, 
unnamed, b. June 6, [886, who d. in infancy. 

[59. 1 'aii. ink Susan Milroy, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Feb. 8. 1S55 : 
living; m.. March 6, 1877, Robert W. Baxter, who was b. 
and is living. Ch.: Fred Milroy, b. June 18, 1878; John Li wis, b. 
Feb. 22, 1881; Bi-rt Levi, b. Oct, u. 1885. 

( John Mil). Milroy and Catherine Johnson (36): 

Mary Elizabeth Milroy, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Nov. 8, 
1847; d. Sept. s, [848. 

nil. Thomas David Milroy. of 475 Lincoln Ave., Spokane, 
Wash., b. July 14, 1849; living: m.. Dec. 15. [888, Florence E. Dunn, 
who was b. May 14. [871. Ch. : Walter Robert, b. Mar. 10. 1890; 
Wilbur David, b. Mar. [6, 1X1,4; Ruth Cai herini . b. Aug. 21, 1901 ; 

1'lloMAS, 1). June _"(. I 

[62. Laura Jane Milroy, of Louisiana, Mo., b. May 22, [852; 
living: m., Nov. 1 >. [881, Allien C. Lonergan, physician. Ch.: John 
Milroy, dentist, of Louisiana, 1>. Sept. 10, 1882; William, b. Sept. 
S. [889; d. May 25, [892. 

[63. Infant, unnamed, b. and d. Dec. 3, [854. 

\i.ini. Milroy, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Nov. [6, 1^55: 
living; m., Dec. -'4. 1874, Alburtus I.. Paine, printer. (For ch., 
infra 1. 

William I [ilroy, merchant, of Quincy, III., b. Dec. 

■>,, [858; living; m. Bcttie Levi. No children. 

'I* Lyon Milroy, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Apr. 23, [861 ; 
d. Apr. jo, 1 - 

% Milroy, of Chicago, 111., b. Sept .: liv- 

ing; m. John M. Carey. No children. 



GENEALOGICAL 

2 /3 

Children of James R. Murphy and Eliza B. 1/ohnson (40) : 

168. John R. Murphy, insurance agent, of Si. Louis VIo l» 
Nov. 17, 1861; d. Alar. 15, 1895; unmarried. 

169. Mary M. Murphy, of Cabot, Ark., b. June 21, ,x,, 4 - liv- 
ing; m„ Dec. 29, 1880, James II. Shepherd, lumber merchant, who 
was b. Apr. 19, 1852. | For ch., see infra). 

170. Henry Yeater Mi rphy, insurance agent, of 3631 Delman 
Ave.. St. Louis, Mo., b. Nov. 25, e866; living; unmarried. ' 

Children of Edward I'. Johnson , 4 , ) AND Emily E. Jennings; 

171. Boone V. II. Johnson, salesman, of St. Louis, Mo b Sept 
6, 1867; living; m ., June 6, 1895, Carrie E. Set,. Ch. : Donald 
Scott, b. June 5, r8 9 6; Scott, b. .Mar. ,S. ,898; Crawford, 1, |„h „ 

1 901. • v 

172. May Porter Johnson, of St. Louis, Mo., b. Tune 4, 1870- 
living; m ., June 14. 1S90, Lewis Sheridan McMahan, secret service' 
agent, who was b. Sept. 10, [866. Ch. : Lewis Griff, b. Nov [3 
1891; Helen May. b. Nov. jo, 1804; Ruth Carman, b. Sept 10' 
1 901. 

172a. Arthur Bonnicastle Johnson, salesman, of St. Louis, 
Mo., b. Mar. 5, 1873; living; m., June 20, 1901, Gertrude Rhoades 
Fisher, who was b. June 19, 1879. No children. 

Children of William II. II. Johnson (42) and I'm her M. Cav- 
erley : 

173. Cora Lyon Johnson, .if Colton, Cal., b. Mar. 27, i86v 
living; m., May [9, [886, Albert Sick, orange grower, who was b. 
Apr. 8. 1854. Ch. : Louis Georgi . b. Nov. 2. [887. 

174. Laura Virginia Johnson, of Colton. Cal., b. June 4, 1865; 
hying; m„ Sept. 19, [883, Joseph William Sisson, who was b. < let. 22^ 
1861, and d. Dec. 11, 1S90. (For eh., see infra). 



Children of William H. H. Johnson (42) and Martha A. 
Davis : 

175. Judson Johnson, of Ladue, Mo., b. Aug. 19, 1869; d. Nov 
14, 1S82. 

176. James Johnson, of Louisiana. Mo., b. Apr. 2j, 1871; d. 
Jan. 2-, 1873. 

177. Mary Catherine Johnson, ,,f Colton, Cal., b. Nov. 28, 
1873; living; m., Mar. 29, 1898, William W. Mayes. Ch. : Lo 



274 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



. [899; Walter, b. Jan. 12, 1903; Glenn, b. May 3, 

178. Ann Eliza Johnson, millim 1.. b. < >ct. 25, 

: living; unmarried. 

Edward William Johnson, clerk, of <. ■ -It. mi. Cal., b. June 
[878; d. Jan. 2, 1008; m.. Aug. 4, 1903, Delia Mae Bird, who wa- 
ll. Feb. [6, 1879. lb.: Maurice, b. Aug. 25, 1004. 

Children of Isaac K. Ki\ ni> Hannah Cri 

[82. Elizabeth F. King, of Pacific, Mo., b. Mar. 31, 1843; 
living: m. Asbury Gorin. 

183. George C. King, b. Mar. 7. 1846; d. 1 let. 20, 1857. 

184. Joseph K. King, b. July 30, 1852; d. Aug. 14. 1852. 
[85. Martha C. King, of St. Joseph, Mo., b. Nov. 26, [854; 

living; m. William Pi 

Child of John J. King (45) vnd Caroline W. Crews: 

Joseph S. Kin,,, of Whiteside, Mo., b. Sept. 28, 
living; 111.. Mar. 17. 1 rtrude Christian, who was b. Nov. 15. 

[877. Ch. : . 1>. Nov. 9, (898; Homer, b. Sept. 28, 1901 ; 

mi r, b. Sept. 28, 1903 ; Merlie, b. Jan. 5, 19 

Childri i i:r Howard and Lydia Kin, 

187. John J. Howard, b. Nov. 25, 1848; d. Feb. 28, 1851. 
r88. May M. Howard, 1, l let. 8, 1850; .1. Mar. 7. 188 
[89. Charles J. Howard, b. < >et. i_\ 1854; decea 
Sarah E. Howard, b. Dec. -'-•. 1857; living. 

Child Ch vri es 1 1. King 1 47 1 vnd I 

191. Martha Ann King, of Warrenton, Mo., b. Sept. 5, 1 
m.. May 1. 1884, Thomas O. Shealor, farmer, who was b 
1853; Ch.; Viola E., b. Mar. 28, 1885; living. 

192. John D. King, farmer, of Warrenton, Mo., b. July 12, 
1862; d. Jan. 8, 1906; m.. Mr-. Liza Chrismer. SiN children. 

193. Charles W. King, of Vandalia, Mo., b. Aug. 21, 1871; 
living : m. Z< 1 

Childri d - Brown \nd Sally King (48): 

194. Charles W. Brown, b « let. 12, [854; d. Apr. 2, 1855. 

195. John I.. Brown, farm I Isberry, Mo., b. Mar. 23, 



GENEALOGICAL 

1856; d. Dec. 5. 1893; m., Dec 23. 1880, Elizabeth Cox. Five chil- 
dren. 



196. Lvdia A. Brown, b. Mar. 4, 1858; ,1. Oct j 4 t 88i ■ 
Aug. 19. 1872, D. C. McKiney. Three children. 



id 



Child of Isaac Uptegrove axd Sally King (48) : 

197. Isaac ( i. Uptegrove, farmer, of Silex, Mo., b. Mar [3 

1804, living; ,„., N 0V . 26] [gQIi £lla Logan Nq children 

Children of Charles Shields and Martha Yeatek (49): 

198. John Henry Shields, of Ventura, CaL, b. May 15. 1845; 
living ; unmarried. 

199. James Williams Shields, of Virginia City, Mont., b. 

Sept. 14, 1846; deceased. 

200. Martha Ellen Shields, of San Raphael. Cal.. b. Feb. 
10, 1849; living; m., Nov. 22, 1874, James Wilson. X,. children. 

Children of Anderson J. Pew (59) axd America Ayres: 

201. Nancy Elizabeth Pew, of Bellflower, Ah.., b. Jan 6, 
1848; living; m. J. M. Davidson. No children. 

202. Mary Axx Pew, of Middletown, Mo., b. July 5. 1840; d. 
Apr. 19, 1902; m. E. G. Stipp, farmer, who is living. Ch. : John, 
Ora; May; Thomas; Leonard; Edwin; Ernest; William; Jessie. 

203. Sarah Ellen Pew, of Waco, Tex., b. Sept. 4. 1850; liv- 
ing; m. A. J. Gildersleeve. Ch. : Jessie; Fred. 

204. Reuben Ayres Pew, farmer, of Middletown. Mo., h. Oct. 
3. 1851; living; m. Effie I\. Marling. Ch. : Emmet Knight. 

205. Martha Leonora Pew, of Waco, Tex., b. fulv 12. [854; 
living; unmarried. 

206. Thomas Anderson Pew, farmer, of Middletown, Mo., 
b. July 26, 1856; living; m. Orphy May Baxter. Ch. : Claudia; 
Myrtle; Grace; Thom \s; Ernest. 

207. Lucy Katherine Pew. of Middletown, Mo., b. May 12. 
i860: living; m. S. J. Hassler. One adopted son. 

208. Ida Belle Pew, of Bellflower, .Mo., 1,. Mar. 17, 1867; liv- 
ing; m., Dec. 25, 1889, John Austin Bellamy, physician, who was b. 
July 26, 1866. Ch.: Emmet A. Pew. stenographer, b. Feb. 28, 1891 ; 
Madge Lee, b. Aug. 9, 1893. 

Children of James 0. Sitton (68) axd Susannah G. Hibler: 

209. William Ezra Sitton, physician, of Collins, Mo., b. Mar. 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

25, 1 X47 : living; m.. Nov. 20, 1874. Emma Keller. (For ch., see 
infra 1. 

Nathan K. Sitton, of Canaan, Mo., 1). Nov. 23, [848; 
d. Jan. j 1. [859. 

jii M. Sitton, of Canaan, Mo., 1>. Feb. 8, 1851; '1. 

Jan. 17. 1853. 

212. Sarah A. E anaan, Mo., b. July _». [853; '1. < >ct. 

4- 1855. 

213. Mary A. Sitton, of Canaan, Mo., b. July _>,v [856; liv- 
m. Mar. 25, 1S77. Cleon \ (For ch., see infra). 

J14. Martha E. Sitton, of Canaan, Mo., b. Dec. j.^. 1859; liv- 
ing; unmarrii 

215. Luella S. Sitton, of ('anaan. Mo., b. Sept. 18, 
living; unmai 1 

Children of John < ». Wood and Elizabeth B. B Ji |: 

216. < Iliver Josephus Wood, banker and fanner, of W001 

. 1). May 4, [850; living; m.. July 29, [875, Mrs. Rockie Waldren 
Underwood. (For ch., see infra 1. 

217. Laura J.\ od, of Monroe City, Mo., b. Mar. 20, 
[852; living; m., Oct. 7. 1875, Edward Stark I '.mil ware, who was 1». 
Apr. 20, [848, and d. Sept. 22, 1907. < For ch., see infri 

218. James Perry Wood, lawyer, of New London, Mo., b. July 
''. [854; d. June [8, 1895; m, i Dec. '-'• |S 7"- Mary Kranees Owsley. 
who was b. 1854. 1 For ch., see infra 

219. Catherine Susan Wood, of Canton, Mo., 1>. Aug. 7. 1857; 
living; m. < »ct. 7. 1875, Ellsworth < >. Sutton, farmer. No children. 

Henry Wise Wood, fanner, of Carstairs, Canada, b. May 
31, [860; living; m., Nov. 20, 1883, Etta Leora Cook, who was b. June 
1' 1. 1865. ( For ch., see infra |. 

jji. I.i 1 \ Baii 1 nton, Mo., b. May 20, [863; liv- 

ing; in.. Jan. 1. [884, Aaron Dabney Lewis, banker, who was b. I >ct. 
12, 1841. 1 For ch., see infra I. 

Virginia Anne Wood, of Canton, Mo., b. Vug u. 1865; 
living; in.. June 11. [891, lame- Hayden Graves, who was b. Nov. 1. 
cl 

[da M \y Wood, of Keokuk, Iowa, 1>. Apr. _■'■. [868; living; 
in.. Sept. 17. 1891, Willis Fanning, merchant, who was b. Feb. 

1. 18 , b. Jan. 6, 1893; Isabel] v, b. Nov 24, [894; 

Willis Wood, b. Jan. 11. 1897; John Perry, l>. Sept. 19, 1 
' , b. D 29, i 



GENEALOGICAL 

224. John Scott W , banker, of New London, Mo 1. Dec 

29. 1872; living; m., ( )ct. 1.,, ,899, Ella Jane Strode, who was 1.. Sepl 
23. 1876. Ch.: Dorothy, b. Oct. 7, 1900; Imam Daughter b 
June 11, 1903. and ,1. ; Mary, b. June 14. 1904, and d. in infancy. 

Children of John J. Yeater (87) and Sarah J. Ellis: 

225. Charles E. Yeater, lawyer, of 420 Grand Ave. Sedalia 
Mo., b. Apr. 24, i86r; living; m., Oct. [9, 1867, Anna Richards 
Ch.: (1). Lawrence K.. of San Francisco, b. Dec. 19. [888; living; 
(2) Frances, b. Jan. 17. [894; living. (3) Christine I, W 2 
1895; living. 

226. Laura J. Yeater, Latin teacher, in Me, State Normal 
School, Warrensburg, Mo., b. Oct. 1, 1805; living; unmarried. 

227. Merritt W. Yeater, of Sedalia, Mo., civil engineer, b. 
Mar. 1, 1868; living; unmarried. 

22S. Stella Woodbury Yeater, of Elden, Mo., b. Mar. 3 1874- 
Hving;m., Sept. 20. 1897, John I!. Brokmeyer. Ch. : (1 | [eanette J ' 
b. Apr. 24. 1903; living. (2) John Yeater, b. Jan. 13. 1906. 

Children of E. Butler Harrison and Sarah Yeater (90): 

228a. Joseph C. Harrison, of Fayetteville, Ark., opera house 

manager, b. Sept. 1866; living; m. Florence Matala. Ch. : (1). My- 

RON, b. Sept. 1902; living; (2). Leland, b. Aug., 1906; living. 

228b. Lida Harrison, of Fayetteville, Ark.. 1,. Nov. 30, [868; 

living; unmarried. 

228c. Ralph Harrison, of Fayetteville, Ark., b. Feb. 8, 1883; 
living; m., Feb. 1902. Lida Jourdan. No children. 

Children- of George L. Yeater (02) and Susan A. Rice: 

228d. Effie Yeater, of Creston. la., h. July, i860; m., Oct. 8, 
1881, William Burcham. Ch. : Eula Burcham, b. Feb. iq. iss , 

228c Melinda Yeater, of Walker, Mo., b. Jan.. 1862; m., Sept. 
7, 1883, Wallace Bowman. Ch. : (1). George Bowman, b. 1884; 
(2). Don Bowman, b. 1888. 

228L L. Eliza Yeater, of Sedalia, Mo., b. Sept., 1864; m., Sept. 
7, 1884, Robert Ramsey. Ch. : Victory Ramsey, b. Nov. 6, 1888. 

228g. Nettie Yeater, of Sedalia, Mo., b. Nov., 1866; m., Apr. 
15, 1884, Douglas Hughs. No children. 

228h. Dora Yeater, of Walker, Mo., b. Sept.. 1869; m., 1893, 
Sam Brown. Ch. : fi) Yeater Brown, b. 1894; (2) Aim 
Brown, b. 1896. 



THK HOXEYMAN FAMILY 

22 8i, • Dec, 1S71 ; .1. June. 1906; m.. Mar. 

,j. Pearl Minter. 

Chu Burcham and Sarah A. V 

Minnie Burcham, of Windsor, Mo., b. 1876; m. Frederic 
:. Ch.: c,b. Nov., 1902; Kenneth, b. June, 1905. 

8k. Charles Yeater Burcham, of Windsor, Mo., b. 1878; 

unmarried. 

228I. Effie Yeater Burcham, of Windsor, Mo., b. 1881 ; m. 
Davis. Ch.: Margaret Davis, b. June, 1908. 

228m. Pearl Yeater Burcham, of Windsor, Mo., I>. 1883; 
unmarried. 

William X. Bryson l 108) and Susannah M.Reading: 
229. < Irra Bryson, of Louisiana, Mo., b. May 26, 1871 : living; 
111.. Feb. 27, 1895, Maynard D. Hunter. 

Eliza Bryson, of St. Louis, Mo., b. Nov. n. 1875; living; 
m„ Dec. [6, 1897, ' 'ark- II. McElwer, aler. 

Chu 1 . \i res \nd Ann 1. Bryson (109) : 

_>}i. Anna [sabella Ayres, of Bowling Green, Mo., b. 1 »ct. 5. 

[866; living: m., Oct., 1SS4. William 1'.. Dunbar, real estate dealer. 

Ch.: Roberi William, deceased ; Lena Bi 

ji,2. Lena Ayres, teacher, of Portland, Ore.. 1>. Dec. 10, 1868; 

living: unmarried. 

233. Helen Ayri s, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Dec. -'5. [870; living: 
m. '1'. T. Wells, grocer. 

234. Mary Ayres, of Kansas City, Mo., b. Jan. 17. [873; living; 
m. Arthur M. Howell, real estate dealer. Ch.: Anna. 

235. Grace Aykes, of Portland, < ire., b. Sept. ;,. [876; living; 
m. ('wen Anderson, merchant. Ch.: Dorothy Isabella, b. June 6, 

14; Brys . b. \.ug., is 

236. Roberi Finley Ayres, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Nov. 30, [878; 

.1. < let. - 

237. Infant daughter, b. and ' 1881. 

1. 11. 1. 1 ' of II '"■• b. Mar. 31, [882; 

lj v j, Glenn 1 lental gold manufacturer, of Kansas 
S'o children. 

Xi 1 lie A Tex., 1>. Vpr. 6, [884 : living; 

m. fohn Mall, telegrapher. ,b. >ipr. 8, v '5; 

'■. 1907. 



GENEALOGICAL 2 _g 

240. Ethel Ayres, of Independence, Mo., b. Apr. 1... [886; 
living; unmarried. 

241. S. Bryson Ayres, florist, of Independence, Mo., b. Aug. 5, 
1888; living; unmarried. 

Children of Charles C. Newell and Martha II. Yeater (117): 

242. Claude Conrad Newell, grocer, of Springfield, 111., b. 
Apr. 5. 1874; living; m.. Feb. 5, 1902. Virginia Hill. Two children. 

243. [sola Newell, of Springfield, 111., b. Aug. 24, 1875; living; 
m., Feb. 25, 1897, W. C. Hill, who was b. Feb. 22/1870. Ch.: Wil- 
liam R. L., b. Jan. 11, 1898; Conrad P., b. Mar. 5, 1900; Claudine, 
b. Mar. 19, 1901, and d. Oct. 8, 1903. 

244. Roy Ellsworth Newell, of Springfield, III., b. Feb. 14. 
1879; living. 

Children of Christian Schultz and Susan E. Yeater (121 ) : 

245. Mollie Schultz, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Oct. 18, 1866; d. 
Aug. 18, 1 89 1. 

246. Wilhelmina Schultz, of Wellsville, Mo., b. Jan. [9, [876; 
living; m., Apr. 28, 1897, Forest Kelley Elgin, insurance agent. Ch. : 
Martha Emily, 1.. July 4. 1001 ; Kenneth Ciiristo, b. Oct. 17, 1906. 

Children of Joseph H. Smith (134) and Ella V. Collins: 

247. Arthur C Smith, farmer, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Tune [6, 
1882; living; unmarried. 

248. Harry M. Smith, in postal service, of Louisiana. Mo., b. 
Apr. 4. 1884; living: unmarried. 

249. Will Ella Smith, of Louisiana, Mo., b. June 28, 18SC; 
living; unmarried. 

Children of Alburtus L. Paine and Alice A. Milroy (164) : 

250. Edward Milroy Paine, printer, of St. Louis, Mo., b. Oct. 
31, 1875; living; m. Ruth Proffitt. 

251. Alice Milroy Paine, of Denver, Colo., b. Dec. 9, 1877; 
living; m., 1908, James Henry Langston. 

252. George Maxwell Paine, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., 1>. 
June 22, 1884; living; m., Sept. 7, 1902. Florence E. Stephenson. Ch.: 
Louise Evelyn, b. Dec. 20. 1903; Catherine Margaret (twin), b. 
Dec. 20, 1903. 

253. Infant son. unnamed, b. and d. June, 18S7. 

254. John Milroy Paine, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., b. Sept. 
21, 1889; living. 



2 8o THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

in ud and Mary M. Murphy i 169) : 

255. Ji Shepherd, of Benton, Ark., b. May 29, [882; 
living; in.. July 19, 1903, George B. Newbill, who was b. Aug. 8, 1881. 

Burns S., b. Apr. 24, n 

ph W. Sisson and Laura V. Johnson (174) : 

256. Emmei Leslii E 1 olton, Cal., b. Feb. 6, [885; 
living : unmarried. 

257. Raymond Johnson S i Ladue, Mo., b. Feb. 13, 
1SS7; ,1. .\u- .}. 1887. 

258. Cora Lee Sisson, of Kern City, Cal., b. July 28, 1888; 
living; in.. Aug. '>. 1907, rge Angus McLean, who was 1>. May 3, 

( >ne child. 

259. Clara May Sisson, of Colton, Cal., t>. Dec. i>. 1890; living. 

Children of Willi • Emma Keller: 

Minnie K. Sitton, teacher, of Collins, Mo., b. Ocl 
[875; living; unmarried. 

jni. James I.. Sitton, mechanic, of Collins, Mo., b. Mar. 13, 
[878 : living; m. !• rwo 1 :hil 

W. Homer Sitton, physician, of Collins, Mo., 1>. Mar. 3, 
i88i : living : unmarried. 

263. Charles E. Sitton, barber, of Collins, Mo., b. Aug. 31, 
[883 : li\ ing : uninarii 

Childri • R \M' M m<v A. S 213) ; 

1 ir, lawyi iwensville, Mo., b. May 

21, 1878; living; m. Minnie Burchard. ( )ne child. 

265. Bi rn vrd B. Baxter, lawyer, of 1 Iwensville, M<>.. b. < >ct. 13, 
1880: living; m. Rhoda Bullinger. ( )ne child. 

266. Amy V. Baxter, of Spruigfield, Mo., b. Sept. 8, 1885; 
living; m G. C. Burchard, merchant. 

267. < '.. Owens Baxter, farmer, of Canaan, Mo., 1>. Mai 
1888 ; living : unmarried. 

Mary S. Baxter, ti I Canaan, Mo., b. Feb. 6, 1891 ; 

living. 

Cnii' . i 1; I. Wood jm- vnd Mrs. Rockie W. CJi 

W( K)D : 

Perry Moran Wood, of Throckmorton, Tex.. 1>. 1876; 
deceased. 



GENEALOGICAL , S| 

_ 270. Elizabeth Wood, of W lson, Tex., b. |t,.,e 1 i*-x- liv- 
ing: m„ May, 1908. A. Bruce Callahan, farmer. 

271. Cuvier Lipscomb W hanker and farmer, of W lson 

Tex., b. Feb. 13, 1880; living; m., ( > ct . ,, ,,„,. M abe 1 Callahan . h ■ 
Elizabeth Boardman, b. Aug, i 3 , [903; Ruth, b. Aug. 22. 1907 

272. Tom C. Wood, of Woodson, Tex., b. Feb. 8, 1884 • living 
273- John Henry Wood, of Woodson, Tex., deceased. 

274. Oliver Josephus Wood, Jr., of W 1m,,, Tex h Vug ,,, 

1889; living. 

Children of Edward S. Boulware and Laura J. \\ 217) : 

275. John William Boulware, of Perry, Ma, b Dee 20 i8-i,- 
'1. Aug. 8, 1895. ' 

276. James Edward Boulware, farmer, of Perry, Mr... h. Vug 
23. 1879; living; m., Oct. 14. [902, Lida Richards Moss, who was b 
Dec. 19, 1880. Ch.: Lois Virginia, b. Aug. 3 , [903; [ohn Stark, 

b. Apr. 2, 1905. 

277. Ollie Boulware, farmer, of Perry, Ah,., h. Mar. 1. [882; 
living: m., Sept. 29, 1904, Mary Ward, who was h. Nov. 12'. [883.' 
Ch. : Joe Wood, b. July 2j, [905. 

278. Anna May Boulware, of Monroe City, Mo., b. Aug. 12, 
1884; living: m., June 17, 1908, Lamar Maddox Wood, who was b 
Nov. 19, 1 881. 

279. Henry Aaron Boulware, of near Monroe City, Mo., b. 

July 20, 1887; (1. July 1. 1889. 

280. Ida Boulware, of Monroe City, Mo., b. May to, [890; 

living. 

280a. Edna S. Boulware, of Monroe City, Mo., b. June 13, 1N0; 
living. 

Children of James P. Wood (218) and Mary F. i >wsley: 

281. Katie Lillian Wood, of New London, Mo., b. Oct. 7, 
1877; d. Aug. 7. 1879. 

282. Harry Cunningham Wood, farmer, of New London. Mo., 
b. Mar. 14. 1882; living; m., June 6, 1906. Grace Strother. Ch. : 
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 17, 1907. 

283. Winniford Wood, of New London, Mo., b. Feb. 26, 1889; 
living. 

Children of Henry W. Wood 1220) and Etta L. Cook: 

284. Rex Reagan Wood, of Carstairs, Canada, h. June 28, r886; 
living. 

19 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Roy Cook Wood, of Carstairs, Cana.la, 1>. Aug. _\?. isss; 

living; in.. June 14. [905, Margaret Hawkins, who was b. June 25, 

Ch.: Harry Hawkins, b. June -'4. 1906; Harold Karl, b. ( let. 

20, 1907. 

[nfant son, unnamed, b. Aug. 28, 1891 : d. < let. 8, 1891. 
Ray Wilber Wood, of Carstairs, Canada, b. Nov. 8. ; 

living. 

.■ss. John Oliver Wood, Jr., of Carstairs, Cana.la, b. Jan. 21, 

1895 ; living. 

Children of Aaron D. Lewis and Luta B. Wood (221): 

Mabel Lewis, of Canton, Mo., b. Mar. 6, 1885; living; m., 
July 26, 1905. Ben Hill Cleaver, who was b. Aug J81. Ch.: 

Elizabei , b. Aug. 2, 1906; Helen Virginia, b. Feb. 

14. 1908. 

290. Oliver Wood Lewis, of Canton, Mo., b. Jan. 6, 1887; 

living. 

201, Ebb Aaron Lewis, of Canton. Mo., b. Feb. 28, 1889; 

living. 

jnJ. Elizabi rs Boardman I w . if ' anton, Mo., b. Aug 1 ;. 

2 ; living. 
293. Virginia Wood Lewis, of Canton, Mo., b. July 18, 1 

living. 



PART III 

GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 

I. Fecords of the Great Seal. 

II. Abstracts of Some Scotch Testaments. 

III. Services cf Heirs. 

IV. Fifeshire Sasines. 

V. Commissariat Deeds. 
VI. Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, Testaments, etc. 



I E— The following records have been carefully gleaned at the Registry House in Edinburgh by 
Mr. Henry Paton, M. A., an experienced genealogist and searcher of records, at the request and expense of 
the author, h tm< dates which have been given in preceding pages, in connection 

with ascertained family groups, but for the most part U new matter, rc'ating to families whose lines de- 
scending I am unable to tr 

The record is giveo so fully in order that it may be of use to those persons of the Honeyman nan. 
may have the facility to trace back their lines to some of these persons. 

The searches were only brought down to about the latter part of the Eighteenth century, because it is 
to be presumed that most living families of Honeymans can, if they make the effort, readily trace their 
pedigree back for the three generations necessary to connect with that period. 

Except for the great expense of such an undertaking, I should have had records in all parishes in 
Scotland traced and tombstones in churchyards examined. It is to be hoped that some member of the 
family will hereafter secure these omissions and publish them. 

The spellings of the names of persons and places arc given as they appear upon the original records. 
Their variations arc due to the ignorance or carelessness of those who made up these re 

In case of marriages, the statement "contracted,' - or " proclaimed." indicates the date of the publica- 
tion of the banns in the parish church, which is a Scotch custom. 



GATHERIXGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 
I. RECORDS OF THE GREAT SEAL. 

1586, Oct. 20. Andrew Honneyman, indweller in Cupar, witness to a 

charter. 
1595, Mar. 27. John Honyman in Kingskettle. King James VI. of 

Scotland sets to him in feu-farm and to his heirs male, whom 

failing his eldest heir female, the t-l6th part of his (King 

James) land in King's Kettill, occupied by himself, of which the 

said John is tenant, and is infeft a- the late William Littister, his 

grandfather, was infeft by King James V. 
1595, May 24. King James VI. sets in feu-farm the town and land 

of Falkland: To John Honyman one acre; Alexander Honyman 

1 metam : John Honyman 2 metams and Hugh Honyman '_. an 

acre. 
1600, Nov. 4. Alexander Honeyman, said to occupy land in Mouk- 

senl ? 1. Collessie. 
1603, Feb. 18. Richard Honeyman said to possess land in Heddrie- 

inche. 
1606, Aug. 7. John Honeyman said to occupy an acre of land in 

Auchtermuchtie. at Anidgatehill. 
l6i3,July3. Richard Honyman, son of John Honyman in Over 

Rossie, witness to a charter. 



II. ABSTRACTS OF SOME SCOTCH TESTAMENTS. 

1550, March. Andrew Hunyman, of Over Carnye. Inventory of 
good^ of deceased, made Feb. 16, 1540. Estate valued at £125. 
Witnesses: Walter Honeyman and others. Probably of same 
date as testament attached, in which he leaves his goods to his 
wife, Elizabeth Chaplan, anil John Hunyman, his son. Desires 
his body to lie buried in the parish church of Kilmanye. 

[586, Aug. 9. John Hunniman, baker. Gave up inventory of g N 

of Elspet Walcar, his "sometime spouse," in name of John and 
William Honeyman, their lawful children, and exec dieir 

mother. Estate valued at £58.6.8. 

[586-7, Feb. 21. Katharine Rymour, spouse to John Honeyman, in 



286 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Kings' Kettle. She died Feb. 6, 1580. Testament dative. Names 
as children John and Margaret. Estate valued at £78.6.8. 
\pr. [3. Andrew Honyman, servant to George Airth, burgess of 
Cupar, who died "in January last." Names as a sister, Margaret 
Nicolson, and a- his mother, Katharine Nicolson. Estate valued 
at £10.18.0. 
1592. X'iV. 17. John Hunyman, burgess of Falkland. Testament. 

Janet Hunyman. in Kingskettle, sometime spouse to 
David Rymour. She died Oct. 15. 1592. Testament dative. 

ite valued at £;,io.O. 
5, Jan. [6. Walter Honeyman, in Pittinctie, parish of Abernethy. 
tament. 

; i. Janet Achesoun, sometime spouse to John Hunyman 
in King-kettle. She died Sept. [6, [596. Testament dative. 
Children named: Helen. Thomas, Janet and Margaret. E 
valued at £231.5.4. One Nicol Hunyman is stated to be their 
servant. 

7. Mar. 8. Margaret Greife, sometime spouse of George Huny- 
man. weaver, in Balmedy, parish of Dunbog. She died Nov. 20, 
Testament dative. Name- son John. Estate valued at 

1602, June 8. Margaret Gardner, widi r Honeyman, 

gunner in Edinburgh Castle. Testament. 

lame- Honeyman in Kilquhish, parish of Auchter- 
muchtie. Testament. 
1607, Feb. 1 8. William Huniman, braboner, in Lumbeny, parish of 
Abirnethie. He died Apr. to, [606. Testament dative. Names 
children, Margaret. Robert and Ague-, and a brother I 

Thomsone. s] David Honeyman in Over- 

. parish of Collessie. He died Sept. 29, 
Testament dative. Name- son lame-. Estate valued at £938.13.4. 
[1 hn 1 [oneyman. 
1615, Jan. [6, Thomas Hunniman, shepherd in Clurny (Clunie) and 
Elspel Miln. his Kinglassie, "who both 

' in November, 1614." Testament dative. Names his son, W il- 
liam Hunniman, and Elspel Hunniman hi- rman ' 

valm nd about as much more due to them). 

11. 10. June 7. John Hunniman. baker, citizen of St. Andrew-, who 
I Mar. 17. [I -tament te-tamentar. Appoints Helen 

1 1, ■ itrix. Leaves 5 ) merl 

his . not named, but probably David, father of Bishop 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 287 

Andrew Honyman) : 50 merks to Robert Hunniman, his second 
son, besides the 100 merks already provided to him; 200 merks 
to Alison Hunniman. his daughter, of which the life rent is to 
be his wife's; and £100 to Andrew Hunniman, his youngesl son. 
He nominates Andrew Hunniman, and Andrew Turpie, citizens 
of St. Andrews, and Robert Henderson, in Dure, tutors to bis 
children during their minority. Witnesses: Robert Campbell, 
Robert Walcar, David Henderson (son to George Henderson in 
St. Andrews) and Robert Scott in Dure. The estate valued at 
£291.6.8., being grain, etc., in his girnels and plenishing, etc. (St. 
Andrews Testaments, Vol. 6. This was the grandfather of 
Bishop Honyman ). 

1616, Dec. 9. Margaret Robertson, spouse to William Hunniman, 
baker, burgess of Falkland, who died Nov. [3, 1616. Testamen- 
tar. Names in the will a James Hunniman, without stating re- 
lationship. Estate valued at £172.10.0. 

1618, Feb. 20. Thomas Hunniman, of Leven, in the parish of Skoonie, 
who died Dec. 1617. Testament. Names his widow as Agnes 
Pottoun. Testament dative. Evidently a fisherman, as the 
estate consisted of herring nets to the value of £18.13.4. 

1621, Jan. 15. David Honeyman, in ( >ver Rossie, parish of Collessie, 
who died November 19, 1620. Testament dative. Menti >ns 
John Honeyman, his brother-german. and David Honeyman, son. 
Estate valued at £672.10.8. 

1628, Jan. 18. Bessie Honeyman, spouse to John Buist, parish of 
Kettle. Testament. 

1635, Oct. 17. Christian Honeyman, spouse to Walter Stirk, burgess 
of Cupar. Testament. 

1654, Oct. 4. William Honyman, baker, burgess of Falkland, who 
died Aug., 1653. Testamentar. Names John Honyman, as his 
brother, and Elizabeth Honyman as sister, and speaks of his 
"bairns." Makes his executor. Elizabeth Lowesone, his spouse. 
Estate of sheep, grain and plenishing valued at £103. 

1656, Dec. 3. Margaret Honyman in Falkland, who died June 1656 
Testament dative. Names her daughter, Margaret Spence, as 
executrix. Estate of sheep, grain and plenishing valued at 
£40.10.0. 

1752, < let. 23. James Honeyman, of London, merchant. Testament 

1781. Oct. 31. Thomas Honeyman, Jr., baker in St. Andrews. Testa- 
ment. 



TIIK HONEYMAN FAMILY 
III. SERVICES OF HEIRS. 

refers e *ion oi son lo father, or to an older prt>i;eni- 

tor. and usuai'. f relate to inheritable real ot.ite ' 

1724, Apr. 25. Andrew Honyman, burj Andrews, to liis 

father, John Honeyman, son of William Honyman, mealdealer 

there, who died 17.21 ; heir special in a portion of the priory acres 

1 if St. Andrews. 

1724, Apr. 25. Andrew Honyman to his aunt. Euphan Honyman, 

lighter of William Honyman, mealdealer there 1. who died in 

1687; heir special in a portion of the priory acre- of St. Andrews. 

1 — __• ; . Jutu- in. Andrew Honeyman, guild brother of St. Andrews, to 

his uncle, Andrew Honeyman (son of William Honeyman, 

malster there died May. [678; heir special in one acre and 

three roods of arable land, pari of Shoolbraids, near St. Andrews. 

1730, Aug. 1 1. Eliza, 1 1 (Catherine Honeyman, to their 

brother, John Honeyman. son of the Rev. I Honeyman at 

Livingstone; as co-heirs of provision general. 

1747, Aug. 4. Grizel Honyman to her mother Grizel Wilson, wife 

of lame- Honeyman, weaver, at Cannochiemiln ; heir general. 
1751, Feb.24. Robert Honeyman to his father, lame- Honeyman, 

factor to David * raigie of Gairsie; heir general. 
1759, May 8. Patrick Honeyman to his father. William Honeyman, 

of < Iraemsay 1 < >rkney 1 ; heir general. 
1759, Feb. 22. William Honeyman to his brother, Robert Honeyman, 
grandson of Robert Honeyman of Graemsay; heir general. 
. Feb. i-'. William Honeyman (Craigie) of Gairsay to his grand- 
father, Robert Honeyman of Graemsay; heir of provision gen- 
eral. Same date William Honeyman (Craigie) to his father 
James Honeyman; heir male of provision general. 
[765, Vug. 21. I 1 meyman, wife of Robert Cheine, shipmaster, 

il, to her sister, Elizabeth, daughter of George Honeyman, 
shipmaster, 1 heir general. 

1770, Feb 1 i. Thomas Honeyman, deacon of the bakers, St. Andi 
1- greal and father. John Honeyman, baker 1! 

heir of provision and in general. 

John Honeyman, mason in I his father, 

■ 
John Honeyman to his father, lame- Honeyman, feuar 
lian ; heir general. 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 2 8q 

IV. COMMISSARIAT DEEDS. 

In some of these deeds the following names are mentioned. 
i6i7,Mar.2o. David Honeyman, son of decease! David Honeyman, 

in Easter Over Rossie. 
if'io, Nov. 29. Robert Honeyman. baker, citizen, in St. Andrews and 

Margaret Millar, his wife. 
[649, May 1. Isobel Honeyman, widow of David Blyth, in Lumbaine 

Easter. 
1655, Aug. 13. John Honeyman, maltman, burgess of St. Andrews. 



V. FIFESHIRE SASINES. 



[The term " Sasine " is purely Scotch, to which the English word "Seizin " is akin. It signifies the 
instrument by which possession is given to inherited feudal property ] 

[625, July 20. William Hynniman, lawful and eldest son of the de- 
ceased William Hynniman, baker, burgess of Falkland, in a tene- 
ment of i'j roods of land in the burgh of Newburgh and regality 
i if Lindores. 

1(129, July 31. Isobel Hynniman, spouse of David Buist in Lumbaine, 
in life rent in part of lands held by him from Patrick, Lord of 
Lindores. Mentions a son, James Buists, and Thomas Hinimane 
is a witness. 

[633, Mar. 5. Janet Hatting, in land in the burgh of Anstruther ; gives 
sasine of half to David Honyman, her husband. 

[635, < >ct, 29. Robert 1 lynenian, baker in Ceres, and Margaret Ander- 
son his spouse, daughter of Alexander Anderson, deceased, 
sailor, in Leven, in tenement and garden in the burgh of Leven. 

[637, Mar. 6. Robert Honyman, sun and heir of the deceased I high 
Honeyman, burgess of Falkland, in a toft of land in Ballimblae. 

[The following recorded between [637 and [659 are reported to 

with >ut exact dates] : 

John Honeyman, in certain houses in Kinross. 
William Honeyman, in certain houses in Kinross. 
James Honeyman and spouse, 111 lands in Kinross. 
William Honeyman and spouse, in annual rent out of Rig 
John Honeyman, in acres besides St. Andrews. 
Dim Honeyman, in annual rent out of St. Andrews. 
George Honeyman, in annual rent out of lands in Leven. 
fohn 1 h >ne\ man, in three acres of priory lands of St. Andrews. 



290 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Thomas Honeyman, weaver, in Ballimblae, and spouse in tene- 
ment thi 

Andrew Hunniman. minister at St. Andrew-, in annual rent-. 

i This i- Bishop Andrew Honyman). 
David Honeyman, in annual rents out of Forther. 
1659. Aug. ,v William Honeyman, -<>n of John Honeyman, baker, 
in St. Andrew-, and Janet Watson, hi- wife; given by 
-aid John Honeyman in 2 acre- in priory of St. Andrew-. 
Euphan, Andrew and William Honeyman. in lands of St. An- 
drews. 
l66o,Jan. [9. John Honeyman. maltman, citizen of St. Andrew- and 
Margaret Gilchrist, hi- spouse (by her attorney. William Honey- 
man. their -on 1. in 5 rigs of priory acre- of St. Andrew-. 
1663, Feb. 9. Andrew Honeyman. archdean of St. Andrew-, a- heir 
of the deceased John Honeyman. his grandfather, in an acr 
the priory of St. Andrew-. (This i- B hew Honyn 

,April20. Barbara Honeyman, widow of William Skinner. bur- 
Falkland, in life rent in Ballimblae, etc. Name- daugh- 
ters, Janet and Mai 

Andrew Honeyman, archdeacon of St. Andrew- and 
ningham, hi- spoi d by David Philp, of 

Kippo to them for 800 merk- in annual rent oul of hi- land 
Kippo. (This i- Bishop Andrew Honyman 1 
174;. Elizabeth Honyman, in two tenement- in St. Andrews. 

Name- her husband, Robert Wishart, citizen in St. Andrew-. 
witness is Andrew Honeyman. citizen of St. Andrew-, her 
father. 
1 7 )S. [ lec 6 Crizzell Honeyman, in land and j:ra-- in Auchtermuchty. 
[754, Mar. 23. Robert Honeyman. in annual rent of house in New- 
burgh. 
1755. Apr. 9. Roberl Honeyman and Jean Low. his spouse, in some 
in Pitlessie. 

1. John Honeyman and Margaret Reikie, his S] 
hou .m Balinbla. 

170;. \pr. in. David Honeyman in tofts of houses and yard- in 
ithmiglo. 

-. John Honyman. weaver, in Pitlessie, and Elizabeth 

Black, his spouse, in ground in Pitlessie. 
1767, July 5. James Honeyman, weaver, in Pitlessie, in dwelling h 
tin 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 2 QI 

1774. July I- John Honeyman. mason, in Crossgates of Pitlessie and 

Mary, his spouse, in lands of Pitlessie. 
1774, Sept. 13. Janet Honeyman, spouse to John Goodwillie, in Bal- 

linibla, in part of dwelling house in Ballimbla. 
1777, Oct. 7. Jean Honeyman, sister-german to Thomas Honeyman, 
guild brother and deacon of the barbers (bakers?) in two acres at 
St. Andrews. 



VI. BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, TESTAMENTS, ETC. 

IThe events given under each classification are arran e ed according to their consecutive dates.] 



Abernethy Parish, Fife and Perthshire. 

Testament. 
1607, Feb. 18. Walter Honeyman, braboner, in Lumberrv. 



Aldie Parish, Perthshire. 

Baptisms. 

David Honeyman and , of Inchry. Child 

I75i,june23. John. 



Auchtermuchty Parish, Fife. 

Baptisms. 

Thomas Honyman ("beddall") and Helen . Children: 

1660, Feb. 17. James. 

1664, June 6. David. Witnesses: John Gilchryistis ; Thomas 

Gilchrystis ). 
1666, Jan. 7. George. ( Witnesses : William Gilmor : James 
Ranken). 
John Honeyman and Janet Lockheart. Children: 
• 1704, Jan. 0. James. 
1709, June 12. George. 
David Honeyman and Elspet Norman. Children: 
1716, Jan. 29. Helen, in Strathinglo parish. 
1718. June 15. James, in Strathinglo parish. 
David Honyman and Agnes Hardie. Child : 
1780, Aug. 26. John. 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Marriai 

1659, Feb, [2. [sobel Honyman to William Siirk-. 

[sobel Honyman to John Buist, in the parish of New- 
burgh. 
1721, Mar. 24. James Honeyman to Gresel Willson, in Dunbog parish ; 
contracted. 

,Dec. 19. Grisel Honeyman I 1 ! Sooty. (Robert G 1- 

willie, mason, cautiom 

Dec. 1. David Honeyman to Agnes Hardie, in parish of Kettle. 
(Thomas Seath, brewer in Auchtermuchty, cautioner). 
1, May 31. George Honeyman, in parish of Collessie, to 1 
Clunie, proclaimed. (James Clunie, burgess in Auchtermuchty, 
cautioner). 

James Honeyman, in Kilquhish, in the parish of Auch- 
nuchtie, who died Sept. r6, [603. Testament dative, given up 
by John and David Honeyman, his brothers-german in Over 
Rossie. Estate valued at £815.0, and there was due to him 
£399.16.8, including 500 merks bj Robert Maxwell, porl 
Auchtermuchtie in terms of a contract of man: 



Cameron Parish, Fife. 
B \PTISMS. 

Robert Loesly and Elizabeth Honeyman. Child: 
174''. May 1 1. Christian. 



Ceres Parish, Fife. 

I! \ I' II SMS. 

Thomas Honeyman and Helen Kinnier of Barony of Tesis. Children: 
Feb. 28. James 1 h >rn Feb. 141. 
[764.Mar.25. Amelia (bom Mar. 1 .- 
Isabel 1 horn Mar. 21 I. 
[77 Thomas. 

'775. July 30. John (born July 26). (AJohnHom 
lomas, died June 4, [766, of smallpi 

and Mary Black. Children: 
in Apr. is 1. 
1771, Feb. [6. Thomas 1 born Feb 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 393 

1775. July 2. Mary (born June 30). 

1778, Jan. 18. Margaret (burn Jan. 5). 

1780, Apr. 23. David (born Apr., iS). 

[786, July Mi. Helen (born July 15). 
James I loneyman, miller, in Craigrothie, and Margaret Tnllis. Chil- 
dren : 

1788, Jan. 20. Thomas (born Ian. 17). 

1789- Sept. 13. Mary (born Sept. 9). 

r 793> July 14- James (burn July 3). 

l 795- Nov. 8. Robert (born Nov. 5). 

1798, June 9. Margaret. 

1800. Nov. 16. William (born Nov. 9). 
Robert I loneyman, of Grayshall, and Margaret Eat. Child : 

1791, Feb. 6. Mellie (born Feb. 2). 

Marriages. 

1760, Dec. 12. William Ilonyman. of Cupar, to Agnes Scot. 

1761. Jan. 2. Grizel I loneyman to William Fernie. 
1766, Dec. 4. James Honeyman, of Cults, to Mary Black. 

1768, Aug. 16. Agnes Honeyman to James Bouthron of Dundee. 

1769, Sept. 22,. Grizel Honeyman to David Turpie. 

1787, Feb. James Honeyman to Margaret Tullis of Dairsy. 

1794, Feb. 14. Isobel Honeyman to Alexander Robertson. 

1794, Mar. 7. David Honeyman, merchant in Cupar, to Tean Aughter- 

li mie. 
1796, May 20. Thomas Honeyman. of Abdie. to Margaret Bondilly. 

J 799- J un e 7- John Honeyman to Anne Carsel, of Kettle. 

Deaths. 

1763. Dec. 18. Thomas Honeyman. in ground of Carskirks, buried. 

17S7, June 5. Thomas Honeyman, child, buried. 

1796. June 27. Grizzel Honeyman, in Croftdyke, buried. 



Collessie Parish, Fife. 

Baptisms. 

John Honnyman and . Children : 

1713, Nov. 18. Batrish. (Witnesses: John Honnyman and 

George Honnyman ) . 
1716, Jan. 31. Agnes and Bathia ; twins, probably. (Witnesses: 
George Honnyman; David Honnyman). 



294 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

1 7 1 s, Nov. j. George. (Witnesses: George Honnyman; David 

I [onnyman I. 
1722, Jan. 28. John. (Witnesses: George Honnyman; David 

1 [onnyman I. 
1725, Sept. 15. David. (Witnesses: George Honniman; John 
Ramsay I. 

David Honnyman and . Children: 

1717. Ian. 6. Agnes. (Witnesses: < ieorge Honnyman; Harie 

Thomson I. 
[72l,Dec,30. Jean. ( Witnc-.cs : George Honnyman; John 

Honnyman 1. 
[724, 1 )ct. 28. George. 

[727, Nov. 12. Janet. (Witnesses: George Honniman; John 
I [onniman I. 

Alson Honnyman and . Child: 

1720, July 18. Christian. ("Child's father dead"). 

James 1 [onniman and . ( Ihild : 

[729, June29. William (in parish of Monimeall). 

John Honeyman and . Children: 

1751. May 5. [si >bel. 
[753, Jan. 28. Elizabeth. 
[756, Kpr. 25. Jean. 
Jean Hony man, wife of John S tiild: 

[760, Nov. 30. Janet. 

: Honeyman in Newton, of Collessie and • Children: 

1701 , June 4. Joseph 1 horn I. 
17' ;. May 6. Mary. 
l7'.o.Jnne 4. Andrew. 

1770. 1 let. 14. John. 

(The lather died, June. 1775 I. 
Archibald Honniman and • Child: 

1763, Feb. 27. < leorge. 

;e Honniman and [sobel , of Moorside. Children: 

1766, July 11. ( Daughter 1. 

1 70s. Apr. 7. t ieorge. 

171-1. 1 let. 4. Margaret. 

(The father died. May II, 1794). 
|ohn Honyman and Elizabeth Black, of Lizziewells. Children: 

1771 . Nov. [3. John. 
1773, Dee. 15. Ann. 

1775. July 13. James (horn on that date). 



GATHERIXGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 295. 

1779, Sept. 9. William (born Sept. 2). 

Two of above (names not given ) died July, 1774. 
George Honyman and Fernie. of Bellymiln. Children : 

1772, Oct. 12. Janet. 

1775. Apr. 3. George. 
George Honeyman and Margaret Williamson, of Ballymilri. Child: 

1777. Nov. 2T,. George. 

James Honyman and Ann Fernie, of Lawrield. Children: 

1778. Mar. 29. Jean. 

1789, Aug. 9. William. 

( I [e had a child buried Jan. I, 1795 ). 
Thomas Honyman and Margaret Williamson, in Ballymiln. Children: 

1779. Aug. 12. Margaret (born July 15)'. 
1784, July 22. Richard. 

1790, Aug. 1. Thomas. 
1792, Sept. 16. John. 
1796, May 8. David. 

(A child was buried June 4, 1795) - 
John Honyman and Jean Fernie of Lawfield. 

i78i,Oct. 28. Margaret. 

(A John Honeyman was buried May 7, 1786). 
Andrew Honeyman and , of Kinloch. Child : 

1798, Jan. 7. ( Son born Jan. 3 ; name not given) . 

Marriages. 

1750, Jan. 25. Jean Honeyman to John Scot. 

1791, Aug. George Honeyman to Elizabeth Robertson. 

1792, Apr. 13. Isobel Honeyman to James Suttie, in parish of Auch- 
termuchty. 

1795, Mar. 13. Andrew Honeyman, of parish of Xewburgh, to Isabel 

Scott. 
1799, Feb. 15. Janet Honeyman to Robert Deuchars. 

Deaths. 

1728. . John Honniman buried. 

1729, Oct. 20. David Honniman buried. 

1730, Apr. 7. Agnes Honniman buried. 

1731, May 19. Agnes Honniman, a child, buried. 
173=;, June 4. Betrix Honniman buried. 

1738, May 9. Agnes Honniman buried. 
1740, Feb. 11. Ann Honniman buried. 



THE HOXEYMAN FAMILY 

MlSCELLANI I 

[701, Nov. 23 (and latei Gi Honniman (also Honnyman) wit- 

ness i' ■ baptisms. 

[708, May 3 (and later). John Honniman (also Honnyman) witness 
to baptisms. 



Cults Parish, Fife. 

'I tSMS. 

rge Honyman and Helen Knox. Children: 

1751 . Apr. 14. Isobel. 

[753, Sept. 27. Ann. 
John Honeyman and Elizabeth Black. Children: 
\, Nov. 25. Ann. 

[769, July 22. Isobel. 
Patrick Honyman and Mary . Children: 

[765, Sept. 29. Mary. 

[767, Mar. 8. Pi 

1768, I tec. iS. Marjory. 

[771, May 4. Cecil. 

[773, June 6. William. 

[776, July 3. Mary. 
James Honyman and Mary Black. Child: 
1. Elizabeth. 

Marriai 

1753, I >ec 28. Ann Honyman to John McKnab.in the parish of Kettel. 

[763, Dec. _>-'. John Honyman to Elizabeth Black, of 1 ollessie. 

17*14. Nov. in. Peter Honyman to Mary Honeyman, of Monimail, 
trai ' 

I >1 \TI1S. 

[765, June 8. Walter Honyman buried. 

May 3. George Honeyman's wife buried. 



Cupar Parish, Fife. 

I'. \l'l I -MS. 

Mr. John Williamson (presentor of the Psalms at the Kirk of Cupar 
and doctor of the Grammar school) and Bessie Honyman. Chil- 
dn 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 297 

1681, Feb.6. George (born Jan. m. Bapt. by Mr. Robert Hony- 
man, minister. Witnesses: Patrick Mortimer, bailie ; fames 
Pringle, apothecary; Mr. John Chalmers, schoolmaster; 
Walter Buist, tenant in Dairsie). 

1682, Sept. 18. John. ( Ho was buried Dee. 23 of the same year. 
John Honyman, mason, and . Child: 

1768. Apr. 3. Margaret. (She was buried Mar. 24, 1769.) On 
Jan. 22, 1775, he had also a daughter, Margaret, buried). 

\\ illiam Honeyman, weaver, and .Agnes Scott. Children: 

1769, Dee. 25. John. 

1775. Sept. 17. George (horn Sept. 5). 
William Honeyman and Elizabeth Miller. Children: 

1781, Apr. 29. Elizabeth. 

1 783, June 29. Elizabeth (buried Apr. 8, 1701). 

[789, Apr. 12. Susannah. 
John Honeyman. mason, and Elspeth Coupar. Child: 

1783. Sept. 18. Christian. 

( Father, John Honeyman, was buried < let. 24, 1788. Els- 
peth was buried June 12. 1700). 
James Honeyman and Jean Scott. Children: 

1701. May 8. Anne. 

[793, Feb. 21. Agnes. (Mother named as "Christian Scott.") 
William Honeyman and Margaret Stark. Child: 

1700, Jan. o. John. 
Robert Honeyman. weaver, and Christian Elder. Child: 

1800, May 8. ( Christian. 

Marriagi - 
[696, Apr. 17. Henry Honyman to Marion Blyeth, dan. to Thomas 

Blyeth in Thomastown. 
1767, June 29. Joint Honyman to Elspeth Coupar. 

1769, Nov. 10. William Honeyman, of Logie, to Margarel Brown. 

1770, Oct. 14. Betty Honeyman to George Ewing. 

1782. Dec. 8. Christian Honeyman to William Scott, of Largo. 
17114. Feb. id. David Honneyman to Jean Auchterlonnie. 
1797, ( let. 22. Robert Honeyman to Christian Elder. 
171*0. Inlv 28. William Honeyman, soldier in the Rutlandship Light 
1 )ragi ions, t< 1 Jane Mi ire. 

Deaths. 
1758. Feb. 12. Ann Honyman. an old woman, buried 
1781. May 10. Euphane Honnyman, buried. 
20 






THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



17S1. Inlv 17. James Honyman, buried. 

1785, Apr. [3. Margaret Honeyman, spouse t.. Robert Reid, buried. 

1 hristian Honeyman, "supplied from the funds," 
buried. 

1799, Dec. 8. James Honeyman, buried. 

1800, July i_\ Margaret Honeyman, buried. 
1800, fuly 29. Margaret Honeyman, buried. 

[592, Apr. 13. Andrew Honeyman, servant Virth, burgess 

of Cupar. Testament. 

1587-8, I'll'. 14. Xicol Honeyman in ( Iver Rossie. Testament. 

[591-2, Feb. 23. Eufame Honeyman, spouse to William Page, malt- 
man, bi Cupar. Testament. 



Dairsie Parish, Fife. 
B VPTISMS. 

ge Honeyman and . rnie. Children: 

171 2. June jo. James. 
171. 1. Apr. i'i. Elizabeth.- 
171S. Jan. 11. Elizabeth. 

Marrim 

[673, ' »ct. < Irissell Honyman t<> Andrew Gil. 
[787, Jan. [8. lame- 1 lynniman t<> Margaret Tullus. 

neyman to Jean 1 lourlay. 



Dundee Parish, Forfarshire. 

Baptisms. 

David Honeyman and Elizabeth Duncan. Child: 

1712, Aug. 17. Elizabeth. 
Henry Honyman, merchant, and Elizabeth Walker. 1 

i7l',. [une 15. J fames Honyman, godfather). 
David Honyman, sklatter, and . Children: 

1645, D ge. 

\8, May 15. Robert. 



GATHERINGS FROM Stolen RECORDS 299 

Edinburgh Parish. 
B \PTISMS. 

David Honyman (slater) and Margaret Thomson. Child: 

1704. Dec. 17. Agnes. (Witnesses: William Rylde, burgess; 
David Lidell, tailor: David Marshall, printer.) 

Marriages. 

1629, Feb. 5. George Honeyman, mason, and Marion Wardrol 

Testaments. 

1571. Apr. 30. David Honyman, mariner in Leith, and John [[.un- 
man, his son, "and only lawful child," who died re pe< tively in 
Dec. 1303, and May, 1570. Testament dative, given up by 
Alexander Honyman, cannonier, brother of said David. Men- 
tions the widi w of David survives, but name not given. Estate 

valued at £46.13.4. 

* 

Abbreviate of Retours. 

1666. Apr. 26. Isobel Honeyman, in Edinburgh, is named as a daugh 
ter of Andrew and Janet Fell. 

1 67 1, Sept. 7. John Honeyman, in Edinburgh, named as eldest son of 
William Honevman polentarii in St. Andrews, and heir of John 
Honeyman, polentarii, burgess there, his grandfather. 

Commissariat Deeds. 

1708, Oct. 29. Christian Hynniman, widow of John Cockburn, mer 
chant, burgess of Edinburgh, discharges a bond for 3707 merks. 

Sasines. 

1686, Alar. 11. John Huniman, sailor in Bo'ness, and Christian Durie, 

his spouse. In annual rent, etc. In Feb., I'oi. same persons 
mentioned in another sasine. 

Miscellaneous. 

1707, Dec. 16. John Honyman, brewer, to Capt. Johnston, merchant 
in Edinburgh, takes bond from James Buchanan, wright, hm 
of Edinburgh, for £36.0.0. 



3 oo THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Errol Parish, Perth. 
B \I'I ISMS. 

Robert Honeyman, corn merchant in Errol, and Christian Findlay. 
Child: 
[823, ^pr. 6. William. (Born .Mar. 12). 



Falkland Parish, Fife. 

B MM I- 

fohn Honyman and Christian Duncan of Mireside. Children: 

[704, < >Ct. 5. lame-. 
17, \ug. 17. ( hark--. 
David Honyman and Anne Lumsden. Children: 
1, Jan. -•. 1 >avid. 

1 — 1 < >. I )ec. 17. Thi imas. 
George Honyman and Eupham Brabauer, of Freuchie. Children: 

1715. July 23. J( 

[719, Nov. 22. 1 upham. 

[722, \]>r. 22. Mary, 
lame- Hynneman and Elspet Reid. Child: 

[718, Oct. 12. Janet. (Witnesses: Janet Hynneman and Janet 
Rei< 
fohn Honeyman and Margaret Goodwillie, of N'ewtown. Children: 
. Aug. 28. J. 

[723, Feb. 3. John. 

[725, Sept. 26. Els| Xnehtermuelit 

[728, Jul}' t8. lame-. 

1732, < 1 ' harles. 

1734, Mar. 17. Margaret, 
fohn Honeyman and Margaret Rikie, of Derno. Children: 

1721 ■ John. 

17.'.- I hristian. 

1725, Mar. 4. Jean. 

17.7. Apr. '). Margaret. 

[730, May 17. Chai '■ 

1733. Sept. 2. ! Ballambl; 

[736, Apr. 1 1. lame-, at Ballambl 
lame- Honeyman and Christian (Elspeth?) Ried. Children: 

1721 . Sept. i". Margaret. 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 



301 



Children : 



Children 



-32, Dec. 2. 
738, May 28. 

741, May 17. 
744. May 13. 



725, Mar. 21. I [elen. 
[727. June 25. Katharine. 

1 729, Apr. 1 7. John. 
James Honeyman and Elizabeth Miller, of Raecrook. Children: 

1723. Apr. 14. Elspet, at Raecrook. 

1733. Dec. 30. Isobel, at Glen Sharvie. 
Thomas Honeyman and Anne Bain, of Ballamblae. 

1724. An,;,', 9. Thomas, at Ballamblae. 
1726, July 31. William, at Auchtermuchtie. 

1730, Dec. 20. Ann, at Ballamblae. 
James Honeyman and Elspeth Bruce, of Ballamblae. 

1730, Dec. 10. Janet, at Ballamblae. 
John, at Ballamblae. 

Margaret, at Ballamblae. 
Janet, at Ballamblae. 
Janet, at Ballamblae. 

740, Jan. 1. Elspeth, at Ballamblae. 
James Honeyman and Elspeth Ried. Children : 

1 73 1, Feb. 14. Charles. 

1734, Jan. 31. James. 

James Honeyman and Christian Bruce, of Ballamblae. Child: 

1736, Jan. 11. Christian, at Strathinglo. 
Charles Ilonyman and Isabel Whitehead, of Darno. Children: 

741 . Jan. 4. John. 
[742, Nov. 14. Isabel. 
1745, Feb. 10. William. 
1 75 1. Margaret. 

fohn Honeyman and Margaret McNab, of Ballamblae. Children: 

1745. Apr. 14. John. 

1748, Dec. 11. George. 

[751. Charles. 

l 735- -M )r - r - Robert. 

[758, August. James, 
lames Honeyman, weaver, and Margaret Martin. Children: 

1764, June 28. Isobel. 

[771, Jan. 6. Janet. 

1774, < let. id. James. 
Charles Honeyman, weaver, and Isabel Kay. Children: 

1769, Jan. 12. James. 

1770, Aug. 19. George. 
IJJ2, Mar. Charles. 



Till HONEYMAN FAMILY 

- Honeyman ami Helen Wilson, of Ballamblae. Children : 

Jan. i-'. I [elen. 
1 77 1. May 12. Jami 
i776,Dec.8. Robert. 
3. John. 
James Honeyman and Margaret Turner. Children: 
I, l.-m. 15. Margaret. 
1, 1 »ec. -•.} Elizabeth. 
1777. Jul) 2 1. John. 
1 7S5. Jan. 16. William. 

neyman and Helen Key. of Dearnie. Children: 
[773, Jan. 3. Charles. 
1775. Mig 27. Helen. 
1777. July 13. John. 
I77<i. Nov. 7. William. 
17S1 . May 20. Isabel. 
[783, Ju!;. 21 1. 1 >avid. 
17N". Sept. 10. < Name ni 'i stated 1. 
17SS. Ma) mi. ; 
William Honeyman and Mary Phili] Iren: 

[785, May. John. 
17S7. May 20. Enphan. 
[789, Oct. 1 hristian. 
170 McNab. 

[795, Feb. 15. Mary. 
Jan man and Mary Doig. Children: 

[790, Aug. 1. John. 
;. July [2. Barbara. 
lame- Honeyman and [Catherine Newton. Child: 

[79 |. I >ec. 28. lame-. 
David Honeyman and Helen Scott, of Frnchie. Children: 
1 7. ,7, M 1 born Mar. _>_> I. 

1798, Dec. i". Nellie (born Dee. 14). 

Tame- I loneyman and Catherine Reiddie. ( Ihildren : 
[797, Nov. 19. I [elen. 

1799, Jan. 20. Jean 1 born Jan. [8 I. 
lame- Honeyman and Cecil Baillie. Child: 

1799, 1 let. 27. Agnes. 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 503 

.M ARRIAi .1 3. 

1664, Aug. 6. James Honeyman to Janel Clemitt, contracted. 1 Andrew 
Bouman and John Honeyman, witnesses. An entry on 1 >ct. n>, 
1664, says: "Janet Clemitt gave into the box for her levity in cast- 
ing off her proposed marriage with James Honeyman £5; and 
on Jan. 10, 1665, nc received his pawns." So the marriage was 
not performed ). 

1664, Aug. 7. Catherine Honeyman to James Forsyth. 

1672, ( )ct. 22. Janet Honyman to John Wilson : contracted. 

1674, Nov. 14. David Honyman to Jean Rodger; contracted. 

1676, Nov. 17. Alexander Honeyman to Janet Bean. 

1676, Dec. 8. Martha I [oneyman to George Birrill. 

1677, Nov. 16. David Honeyman to Jean Rev. 
1680. Nov. 6. James Honeyman and Agnes Heggie. 

1694, Afar. 8. Margaret Honeyman to William Miller; contracted. 

1697, Nov. 7. Honyman; marriage pledge with David 

Strachan. 

1700, Mar. 19. Jean Honyman. marriage pledge with William Bal- 
lingill. 

1708, Feb. 6. David Honyman to Ann Lumsdan, of Orwall; pro- 
claimed. 

1714. June 5. George Honyman to Eupham Brabauar; proclaimed. 

1716, Oct. 21. James Honyman to Elspet Reid; proclaimed. 

1719, Oct. 24. John Hynneman to Margaret Rikie; proclaimed . 

1720, Mar. 12. John Hynneman to Margaret Goodwillie; proclaimed. 
i72i,Jan.7. Elspet Honyman to John Goodwillie of Stramiglo; pro- 
claimed. 

1723, Apr. 6. Thomas Honeyman to Ann Bain; proclaimed. 

1726, June. 4. James Honeyman to Isabel Brabauer of Collessie ; pro- 
claimed. 

1727. Eel p. 4. Jean Honeyman to Andrew Wdiite of Arngask; pro- 
claimed. 

1729, Nov. 8. James Honeyman to Elspeth Bruce; proclaimed. 
1 73 1, Dec. tr. Elizabeth Honeyman to Charles Myles; proclaimed. 
1740, Jan. 23. Charles Honeyman to Isabel Wdiittat ; proclaimed. 
1740, Oct. 23. Elizabeth Honeyman of Abernethie to William Whit- 
tat ; proclaimed. 
1745. June 9. John Honeyman to Margaret McNab; proclaimed. 

1745. June 9. Janet Honeyman to Richard Beverige; proclaimed. 

1746, May 31. Christian Honeyman to Adam Paterson ; proclaimed. 
1748, Nov. 26. Margaret Honeyman to William Barklay; proclaimed. 



304 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

[750, May 5. Jean Honeyman to Richard Dal!; proclaimed . 
1751.Mar.23. Jacobina Honeyman of Newburgh to Peter Martine; 

proclaimed. 
'753. Oct. 25. Margaret Honeyman to Laurence Reid of Aberdalgy; 

proclaimed. 
1755. hil> [8. Janet Honeyman to John G Iwillie ; proclaimed. 

1786, J11I3 9. Margaret Honeyman to James Coupar. 
[789, Vug. 30. James Honeyman to Margaret Herriot. 

Mar. [8. Helen Honeyman to George Bruce. 
[798, 1 »ct. 28. James Honeyman to Cecil Baillie. 

1 \.\iknt. 

1592, Nov. 17. John Hunyman, burgess of Falkland, who died Apr. 
30, 1592. Testament dative, proved Nov. 17. 1592. Names 
widow, .Marie Hunyman, and children: I lew. David, Patrick, 
Alexander, William. Archibald and Isobel. Estate valued at 
£355.11.4, and there was due 1<> him 3ji1.18.IO. 

. 11s. 

t676.Mar.26. Wife of Tli. .ma- Honyman, (recently deceased). 
t677.Jan.21. Thomas Honeyman (recently deceased). 
1683, \]'\\ S. John Honyman's wife (recently deceased). 
[786, Nov. James Honeyman of consumption. 

1787, July 23. John I toneyman, aged two years, of smallpox. 

1788, \|ir. 25, Jean Honeyman. 
1790, Sept. 12. Margaret Honeyman. 
1792, May 6. Isabel 1 toneyman. 

M ISCELL VNE< 'i 5. 

t683.Jan.28. James Honeyman, indweller in Falkland, son to I 
Honeyman there, mentioned on church records. 



Kembeck Parish, Fife. 

Baptisms. 

id Honyman and . child: 

11 ill. 

HS. 
1795, June 1 |. Sieilia Honeyman, interred. 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH Kl CORDS 



305 



Kings Kettle Parish. 

B VPTISMS. 

David Honeyman and . Children : 

1640 ( ?) Apr. 9. Margaret. (Witnesses: William Beattie; 

Robert Russell >. 
1643, June 16. Bessie. (Witnesses: Alexander Henrysone; 
David Reymor ). 

Richard Honeyman and . Child : 

1641, (?) Sept. 6. Margaret. (Witnesses: John Dorny; David 
Kinnier). 

Nicol Honnyman and , of Dovin. Children: 

1650. June 9. Katherine. (Witnesses: David Boswell ; John 
Browne). 

1653, July 10. Janet. (Witnesses: Alexander and James Banffs. 

1654, Dec. 24. Margaret. (Witnesses: Alexander Bruce ; John 
Small ) . 

Alexander Honeyman and Margaret Small. Child : 

[682, Aug. [3. Isobel. (Witnesses: Robert Duncan ; John Mell- 
vin ). 
Robert Honeyman and Isobel I'ringill. Child: 

[682, Sept. 17. David. (Witnesses: Robert Eilsone; Alexander 
Doll). 

George Honyman and . of Cultie. Children : 

1692, July 24. David. (Witnesses: John Smith; James Creigh- 

ton ) . 
1695, Nov. 9. Katherine of Moorsyde of Ramorny. (Wit- 
nesses: David Ramsay; William Lindsay. 

Henry Honeyman and of Cults. Child: 

1697, Mav 28. Janet. (Witnesses ; Andrew Mellin; John Honey- 
man ). 
John Honiman, weaver in Bowdon, and Christian Archibold, of Dams. 
Children : 

1724, Oct. 12. Robert. 
172(1. ( >ct. 21. John. (Witnesses: John Reekie ; Thomas Lums- 

den ) . 
1730, Aug. 2. Patrick, at Faulkland. 
1733, Nov. 18. Christian. 
William Honeyman and Isabel . of Raster Lathrick. Chil- 
dren : 

1769, Feb. 5. Betty ( born Jan. 29 ). 
1774. July 31. Christian (born July 28). 



3°6 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



1777.Mar.16. Margarel (born Mar. 
]-• 1 Ann I born Si pi 

1786, Feb. i-'. Jean 1 born Feb. 7 I. 
Archibald Honyman and Isabel Imrie. Qiildren: 

1787, Feb. 25 wi. 
[788, Jan. [3. Mary (born Jan. 1 
1789, Sept. 13. Janet I born Feb. 7 1. 
[791, Aug. 14. Isabel 1 born Aug. 

David Honeyman and Margaret Farmer. Children: 

17S7. Nov. 11. Euphan (born \"\ 

[790, Mar. 14. Isabel 1 born Mar. 
David Honeyman and Janet Ding. Children: 

i788,Dec. 28. Margaret (born I 1 

[791, Jan. 23. James 1 born Jan. ; 
David Honeyman and Ann Wal ild: 

1792, Aug. 26. Janet (born Aug. 14). 
Thomas Honeyman and Isabel Rennie of Dam-. Child: 

Isabel 1 1" 'ni 1 vi. 22 
Andrew Honneyman and Isabel Scot. Child: 
1, Aug. hi. Agnes 1 born Aug. 

[691, < let. 18. John Honyman, of Culles, to Isobel Buyst; contracted. 

1732, May 21. Nicol Honyman, in parish of Kennoway, to D 
■an. 

[741J let. 23. May (alias Marjory) Honyman to David Imrie. (John 
Imrie, tenant in Parkwell, his father, cautioner). 

174S. Dec.9. Robert Honeyman to Jean Low. 1 Adam Scot, cau- 
tioner 1. 

17 ).,. \ T ov. 10. I >avid Honyman, in parish of Auchtermuchty, to Agnes 
Hardie. 1 William Hardie, her father, cautioner). 
1, Dec. 7. Jean Honyman to John Schiach, (James Ness, cau- 
tiom 

1753, Dec 20. Anne Honyman, in parish of Cults, to John McNab. 

[761, Maj 23. James Honyman, of Falkland, to Helen Wilson, pro- 
claimed. 

\|.r. js. James Honyman, of Falkland, to Margarel Turner. 
I William Turner, cautioner). 

1 77J. Jan. v Janu- Honyman to Jean Ferny, of Leuchars. 

1777. \..\ . 29. Robert Honyman to Margaret Anderson of Collessie, 
pn telain 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 307 

i/8i,Julv r2. Jean Honyman to John Reddie. (Thomas Stuart, cau- 
tioner ). 

178s.Dec.31. Archibald Honyman to [sabel fmrie. (David [mrie, 

cautioner). 

1786, Dec. 8. David Honyman to Margarel Farmer. (Thomas Balin- 
gall, cautioner |. 

1787, Dec. 14. David Honyman to Janet Ding. (James Ding, cau- 
tioner ). 

1790. Jan. 11. Hetty Honyman to David ITaxton. (William Honey- 
man, cautii mer ). 

1791, June24. Isabel Honyman to James Rae. (William Honeyman, 
cautioner). 

1791.Aug.26. David Honyman to Ann Watson. (David Watson, 
cautioner 1. 

1793, Dec. 6. James Honyman of Falkland to Katherine K^cAv 
( Robert Reedy, cautii mer 1 . 

1704, June 20. David Honyman, of Falkland, to Helen Scot. (An- 
drew Ramsay, cautioner). 

1 >KATIIS. 

I 773>Dec.27. Jacobina Honyman, in the Ground of Forthar, aged 

about fifty-two. 
[ 77S> June 6. Mary Honeyman, in Crossgates, from the parish oJ 

Cults, aged about ten. 
1775- Dec. 13. John Honeyman, in Crossgates, from the parish 0/ 

Cults, aged about seventy-five. 
1785, Mar. 17. May Honeyman. in Chaple, aged about sixty-seven. 
1799- Feb. 3. Robert Honeyman. of old age. 

Testaments. 
1 593) Nov. 16. Janet Honeyman, in Kings Kettle, spouse to David 

Rymer. Testament. 
1596-7, Feb. 21. Janet Aitchison and Katherine Rymour, wives to 

John Honeyman, in Kings Kettle. Testaments. 
1596-7. Mar. 8. Margaret Grieve, wife of George 1 loneyman. weaver, 
Balmedy. Testament. 



Kilmany Parish, Fife. 

Baptisms. 
Andrew William, of Monimeal, and Christian Honyman. of I [asaltown- 
wals. Child : 
1738, June 16. Ann. (Horn Apr. 22. Witnesses: James Lor- 



308 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

iiiinr; Andrew Lych. Father and mother unmarried), 
id Honyman and Janet Duncan, of Hazeltownwalls. Children: 
1751.Apr.14. William. (Born Apr. 7. Witnesses: William 

I Hincan ; Ri iberl Fi irbi 
I753» Jan. 12. Eupham. (Born Jan. 10. \\'itin.~-c- : William 

il I. 
[754.Dec.22. Elizabeth. (Born Dec. 18, in Kilmany. Wit- 

nesses: Tin una-- Anderson, William Donaldson). 
[756, Sept. [9. David. 1 Bom Sept. [3 in Kilmany. Witnesses; 

I >avid Carsuel : I >avid Kay I. 
[759, Apr. 1. John. 1 Born Mar. 2<>. Witi James Thorn- 

s' 'ii and Arthus Thorns* >n 1. 
id Honyman and Jannet Duncan. Child: 
ijfu. July 25. Euphan (born July 23 
bert Honeyman and Mary Fen orrall Holes. Children: 

[ 777-) u b 6. James (born July . 
1 77- 1. June jo. .Mary (born June 15). 
;. Betty I born 1 )ec. 21 I. 
Thomas Honeyman and Janet Dewar, of Haseldenwalls. Child: 
1798, Sept. 30. David (born Sept. 27). 

Marri v 
1711. David Honyman to Janet Duncan, contracted. 
1742. July in. Elspet Honyman to James Skinnar, in Cupar parish. 
174S. \..\-. M. Christian Honeyman to John Ross, in the parish of 

par : a mtracted. 
I750,junei6. David Honyman to Janet Duncan: contracted. (Ap- 
parently the same parties contracted marriage in 1741. but the 
marriage was not performed). 

David Honeyman, in parish "i" Logie, t" Mai. 
•ay. contracted I. 
1771. July< 1. Robert Honeyman to Mary Fermer, contracted. 

IIIS. 

1741. May 5. William I [oneyman, in Logie, stated to be "dead." 
1755, Sept. 14. David Honeyman's child stated to be "dead." 
175S. Mar. 2. Euphan Honeyman stated to be "dead." 



Kinglaitie Pariah, Fife. 

[615, Jan. [6. Thomas Honeyman, shepherd, Cluny, and Elspet M 
Testament. 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 309 

i6i5,Jan. [6. Isobel Thomson, spouse of David Honeyman in Over- 
town of Rodclie. Testament. 

Baptisms. 

John Honyman and Margaret Dougall. Child: 

1638, Oct. 2. John, (illegitimate). 
John Honnyman and Elspet Peirs. Children: 

r654,Oct.3i. John. (Witnesses : John Raban ; David Brown). 
165S, Feb. 2. John. (Witnesses: John Balcauquhill ; William 
Meldron 1. 
John Honeyman and Catherine Brown. Child: 

1682, Jan. 15. John. (Witnesses: Alexander Baxter, Robert 
Drysdaill ). 

George Hinniman and Innes. Child : 

1690. July 18. Mary. (Witnesses : James Gray ; Culbert Spence). 



Kirkcaldy Parish, Fife. 

Marriai ;es. 

1642, Jan. John Honnyman 10 Margaret Dugall. 

[681, Sept. 24. John Honeyman to [Catherine Brown. 

1702. Jan. 8. Christian Honyman, of Faulkland, to William Lambert. 



Leuchars Parish, Fife. 

Baptisms. 

David Honeyman and Margaret Anderson. Child: 

1671, Mar. 17. William. 
Henry Honnyman and Margaret Blythe. Children: 

[699, .War. 5. Agnes. 

170S, May 2. Mary. 
David Honeyman, weaver in Kinnier Cotton and Janet Duncan. Child : 

1763, Sept. 4. James, born Aug. 30. 
David Honeyman, weaver, in Balmullo, and Margaret Fortay. Chil- 
dren : 

1772, Jan. 5. Patrick (born Jan. 4). 

1774, Apr. 3. David (born Apr. 2). 

1776, Apr. 7. Thomas (horn Apr. 6). 

1770, Aug. 9. Margaret (born Aug. 1 ). 

1778, Feb. 28. Katherine thorn Feb. 22). 

1782, July 14. Isabel (horn July 5). 



3«° 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



17S5. Nov. 12. Christian (born Nov. 7 
1786, June 25. William (bapt. in Dairsie). 

Marriages. 
I77I,Nov. 30. James Honeyman, of Kettle, to Jean Ferney, con- 
tracted. 
i793,Nov.9. Emelia Honeyman, of Ceres, and William Johnston, 
itracted. 



Logic Parish, Sterling and Perth. 
B U'i ISMS. 

Patrick Honeyman and . Children: 

[730, Sept. [3. ( ihristian. 

1733, Mar. 18. Thomas. 

[739, Apr. 1. David. 

[749, June 5. M; 

[751, Sept. 8. J elm. 

[753, Aug. 15. Euphan. 

1 As the father, Patrick, is entered as from various localities, and 
mother is stated, the above children probably belong 
two differenl families. See the two Patricks under 
"Marriaj >w. 1 
David Honeyman and . Child: 

171 9, 1 let. 15. Alexander. 
William Honeyman and . Children: 

1775. Nov. 26. ' '.<" 

1777. Aug. 24. William. 

17X11. Feb. 6. Euphan. 

1782, Mar. 31. Robert. 

17s). Nov. 7. John let. 31 I. 

17S7. Apr. 4. David 1 born Apr. . 

Marriai 

1729.N0v.28. Patrick Honyman to Elizabeth Paterson. 
r737.Dec.30. Patricl to CI an Bell. (William Honey- 

man and Hugh Scott, cautionei 
[758, Dec. 7. Christian Honeyman to David Hi of Leui 

1765, Xov. 15. Thomas Honeyman to Elizabeth M. Wilson. 
1768, Dec. 23. David Honeyman and Margarel Fortey, of Kilmany. 
William Honeyman to Margaret Mont, of I 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS - , i 

Deaths. 
1783, July 29. Peter Honeyman. 
1787, July jS. David Honeyman, in Denfoot, buried. 
1792. Dec. 3. Katherine Honyman, parish of Kilmany, buried. 
1 793- Apr. 1 . Alexander Honyman, "a young man in the parish of 
Kilmany." buried. 



Monimail Parish. Fife. 

Baptisms. 
John Honiman and Bathia Mure. Child: 

1(1X7, May 8. Robert. ( Witnesses : Robert More : William Hed- 
derweek ) . 
Thomas Hinnimane and Euphan Smith. Children : 

1690. Nov. 2. Hellen. (Witnesses: Thomas Thomson; Thomas 

Seath). 
1693. Sept. 5. William. (Witnesses: William Burrille ; William 
Fermer ) . 
John Hiniemane and Jean Smealle. Child: 

1690, Nov. 3. Marie. 
Nicol Honeyman, of Rummeltown, and Janet Henderson. Child: 

1713. Jan. 13. David. 
John Honeyman and Christian Archibold. Child: 

1719, May 3. Marjory, in Brigtown. (Witnesses: John Honey- 
man ; John Ramsay ) . 
Robert Honevman. of Woodmillhill, parish of Aldie. and Helen Buiste. 
Child: ' 

[720, Dec. 16. Helen. 
James Honyman and Mary Boultron, in Cannoquby Mill. Children: 
1721'!. Dec. jo. Hellen. 

1728, Nov. 26. John. (Witnesses: Henry Boutron; David Low 1 
1731, June 23. James, 
1735. Nov. (>. Mary. 
1738, fan. 9. Elizabeth. (Witnesses: William Dewar; John 

Duncan). 
1740, Apr. 20. Andrew. (Witnesses; Henry Boutron; William 

Dewar ). 
1742. Jan. 16. Cicill. 
Thomas Honeyman ami Crissel Haxton. Children: 
1728, July 24. Grissil, at Moonzie. 



3 i2 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

[731 '. .Mar. 1 5. lame-. 
[732,May26. Jean, at Carsli 1 tton. 
[735, Oct. 5. Thomas, 1 I lorn Oct. 2, in Briggend). 
1738, Feb. 8. (Catherine, at Abernethy. 
Henry Honeyman and Elizabeth Walker. Child : 

1 753, June 20. Saint' k ird. 

Henry Honeyman and Isabel Glass. Children: 

1754. June 6. James. 
[790, Jan. _'_'. William. 

Marriai 
June 3. John Honiman to Janet Conbreath. (John Honiman, 
elder, and Andrew Williamson, cautioners). 

Ann Honeyman, in Dunbony parish, to Thomas Shep- 
herd. (John Shepherd and James Honeyman, cautionei 

171 L, June [8. Ann Honeyman tojames Smart. (James Bel f rage and 
Thomas Shepherd, cautii >n< 

1740. July 2( 1. Helen Honyman to William Alison ; contracted. 1 An- 
drew Duncan and Thon n<l. cautioner 

1751. Dec. 7. Helen Honyman to James Dewar; contracted. 

'.-',. i". Peter Honyman, of Cult, to Mary Honyman, 
tra< 

[776, Feb. [6. Isabel Honeyman to lame- Seath, of Collessie; con- 
tracted. 

[781.Dec.23. Isabel Honnyman, of Collessie, to I eve, pro- 

claii 

1787, Feb. 11. Ceciel Honeyman to William Brydie; proclaimed. 

[797, Dec. 31. William Honeyman r to Margaret Stark: pro- 

claimed. 

1 > 1 \ 1 its. 
[713, Apr.8. Ann Honeyman, in Cunnoquby. 
[743. Feb. 14. Thomas Honyman's daughter. 
1748, Jan. 24. John Honyman, in Cunnoqubymiln. 



Newburgh Parish, Fife. 

Marriai 
1792, Jan. 6. Honeyman, servant in the Abbey, to Cathi 

I . ggie, ■ if Auchtermuchty. 
1795, Mar. 3. Andrew Honeyman, servant in the Abbey, to Isabel 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 313 

Orphir Parish, Orkney. 

Baptisms. 

William Honeyman, younger, of Coubister, and Margaret . 

Child: 

1732, Feb. 16. Hugh Halcro. 1 By Mr. Thomas Traill, minister 
of the parish. Witnesses: Mr. Robert Honeyman of (Irani- 
say; William Halcro, elder of Coubister; Patrick Hony- 
man). [Note. — This was probably an error as to the 
parents, who were, more likely. William Halcro, younger, 
and Margaret Honeyman. See p. under Margarel (50)]. 



Scoonie Parish, Fife. 

Baptisms. 

William Honyman and Christian Andersen. Children: 

1678, Apr. 21. William. 

1679, Oct. 1. David. (Witnesses: William Ireland: John John- 
stone ). 

1682, Jan. 29. Anna. (Witnesses: John Johnstone; Robert 
Pratt). 

1684, Dec. 14. Alison. (Daughter. Witnesses: James Geddy, 
elder ; John J< ihnson ) . 

1686, Feb. 24. John. (Witnesses: John Johnson; David Mor- 
gan ) . 

1688, Nov. 16. Christian. (Daughter. Witnesses: John John- 
son; James Littlejohn). 

1692, May 8. William. (Witnesses: William Fair full; Andrew 
Michie). 

1696, Ian. James. (Witnesses : James Littlejohn ; John Weyms). 
Peter Ilonevman, land laborer in Atherney, and Ann Cook. Children: 

1789, May 3. David (born Apr. 29). 

1790, Sept. 12. Archibald (born Sept. 9) 
1792, Sept. 16. Peter (born Sept. 5). 



St. Andrews Parish, Fife. 

Baptisms. 

Robert Honeyman and Isobel Edie. Children : 

1628, Apr. 6. Margaret. (Witnesses: Robert Walker, John 

Honeyman). 
20A 



314 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

I Sept 20. James. (Witnesses: Andrew Honey man; John 
I [oneyman |. 
[634, Apr. 15. Elizabeth. (Witnesses: Andrew Turpie; John 
1 [oneyman I. 
Andrew Honeyman and Elspet Short. Children: 

1 628, J iiiu- j. 1. lame-. (Witnesses: lame- Leutron; James 

Mouth). 
[631.Feb.27. David. (Witnesses :Robert Walker; James 

Bn iwne I. 
[635, Mar. 28. Thomas. (Witnesses James Brown; Robert 
Walker). 
John Honeyman and Margaret Gilchrist. Children: 

[629, Mar. 12. David. (Witnesses: David Fairfowle; Andrew 

Turpie I. 
1632, Sept. 26. Margaret. (Witnesses: Andrew Honeyman; 

Robert Walker 1. 
1635, Aug. 10. William. (Witnesses: Andrew Honeyman; Rob- 
ert Walker |. 
[639, Mar. 21. John and lame-. Twins. (Witnesses: William 
Jok : Andrew Honeyman; Robert Peddie; Patrick Walker). 
i')i. Ian. 24. Janet. (Witnesses: Andrew Honeyman; Rol 
Walkei 
. 3, July iS. John. (Witnesses: Andrew Honeyman; James 
Brown ). 
[645, Sept. 21. Agnes. (Witnesses: Andrew Honyman; Wil- 
liam Wilson). 
9, Dec. 2. Margaret. (Witnesses: Andrew Honyman; Rob- 
ert I tonyman ). 

and ( Christian Reid. Child : 
[649 Andrew. (Witnesses: Andrew and Mr. Andrew 

I [1 meyman I. 
James Honyman, cordiner, and Bessie Young. Child: 

1651, Mar. 2. lames. (Witnesses: Robert Honyman and Rob- 
ert Johnsti in 1. 
Andrew Honyman and Elspeth Pryde. Child : 

1658.Jan.24. Andrew. (Child presented by John Honyman, 
grandfather to the child, the father being dead. Witnesses: 
\ndrew Dickson, younger, and I lalfour). 

William Honyman and Janet Watson Children: 

1, Nov. 1. John. (Witnesses: William Watson; John Hony- 
man 1. 



GATHERINGS FROM SCOTCH RECORDS 315 

1662, Aug. 24. Margaret. ( Witnesses : John 1 [onyman ; William 
Watson in Northbank). 

1664, Apr. 24. Helen. (Witnesses: Xinian Flooker; John 
Masone in I [elmhill ). 

1665, May 7. Euphan. (Witnesses: Xinian Flooker; John 
Masone in Helmhill ). 

1667, Sept. 25. William. (Witnesses: Xinian ['looker: David 

Urowne). 
1670, May 27. Andrew. (Witnesses: Xinian Flooker, David 
Browne 1. 
John Honyman anil Agnes Clerk. Children: 

1686, Jan. 30. Janet. (Witnesses; Xinian Flooker. John More- 
is). 

1687, Mar. 12. Elspeth. ( Witnesses : John Moreis, Andrew 
Clerk ) . 

[69l,Apr.l2. John. (Witnesses: John Mores, conveneer; 

James Key ). 
1692, July 2(1. Margaret. (Witnesses: John Mores; William 

Gullon ). 
Henry Honyman (of Kincaple) and Mary Blyeth. Child: 

[713, Jan. 5. Elspeth. (Witnesses: John Millar; William Ter- 

res). 
John Honeyman (of Lumbo) and Katherine Simpson. Child: 

1734. June 20. Margaret. (Witnesses: Alexander Honeyman; 

James Ramsay ) . 

Marriages. 

1776, Sept. 5. Thomas Honeyman, of St. Leonards, to Anne Swan. 
1788, July 18. Betty Honnyman, of Ceres, to Thomas Simpson, con- 
tracted. 

Deaths. 

1737, Dec. 17. Jenet Honyman, daughter to Andrew Honeyman, guild 

broker. 
1739, July 9. Andrew Honnyman. guild broker. 

1742, Feb. 2~. Mary Honyman. daughter to John Honeyman. late dea- 
ci 'ii ( if the baxters. 

1743, July 21. David Honyman, son to the deceased Andrew Hoony- 
nian, guild broker. 

1744, Feb. 28. Jane Hoonyman, daughter to Thomas Hoonyman, land 
laborer. 



316 



.! YMAX FAMILY 



[747,Nov.6. Agnes Hoonyman, daughter to Thomas Hoonyman 

guild broker. 
[763, Andrew Honyman, son to Thomas Honyman, deacon of the 

bakers. 
[767, Aug. 17. Agnes Honeyman relict of James Ramsay, late I 

in Cameron. 

[782, Oct. 17. Jean Honeyman, sp< . in Edinburgh. 

1791, fune 21. Thomas Honnyman, late deacon of the bakei 



PART IV. 



Appendix I : 



Appendix 


II: 


Appendix 


III: 


Appendix 


IV: 


Appendix 


V: 


Appendix 


VI: 


Appendix 


VII: 


Appendix 


VIII: 


Appendix 


IX: 



List of Unidentified Persons of the Honeyman Name in Foreign 

Countries. 
List of Unidentified Persons of the Honeyman Name in America. 
Miscellaneous Notes. 
John Honeyman, " the Spy ". 
Line of the Drs. Hedges, of Chester, N. J. 
Line of John T. Honeyman, of England. 
Mr. John R. C. Honeyman, of Regina, Canada. 
Descendants of Sarah Yeater Baxter. 
Peter S. Yeater. 



APPENDIX I. 

LIST OF UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS OF THE HONEYMAN NAME IN 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

NOTE— The following names have been mostly secured from Directories, or other published records. 
All the persons named who are probably living have been written to for information as to identification, etc., 
but no replies have been received. Where there are dates in parentheses at the end of an address, it indi- 
cates the date of the Directory from which the name was taken. It is needless to say that the foreign 
Directories have been searched casually, as the author has come across them in his travels in England and 
Scotland. Some other unidentified persons living prior to 1600 will be found noted in the "Introductory 
Chapter," ante. 

Alexander Honeyman, Danskin villa, Cupar, Fife, saddler. (1903.) 
Alexander Honeyman. 36 Lntton place, Edinburgh, joiner. (1906. 1 
Charles Honeyman (s. of Arthur and Isabel), b. July 4. 1729; hap. in 

St. Paul's, Covent Garden. London. 
Charles Hunneman, mariner, Boston, estate administered on (1815). 
D. Honeyman, Claremont. Clyde Bank Road. Green Point. Capetown, 

Africa (1904). 
David Honeyman, of St. Leonard's College. St. Andrews, Scotland: 

matriculated 1833. 
David L. Honeyman, of 18 St. Switliin's Lane, London, E. C, char- 
tered accountant (1906). 
Edward Honeyman, of 24 Barcom place, Darlinghurst, New South 

Wales (1905). 
Edward Honeyman. of 29 Pen Road villas North, London (1900*. 
Edwin Honeyman. of 3 Shadforth St.. Paddington, New South Wales 

(1905). 
Elizabeth Honeyman. of Titchfield, aged twenty-one. spinster, m. John 

Ubsdale, of North Stoneham, aged twenty-two, bachelor. July 

26, 1738. (Winchester Marriages; England). 
George Honeyman, of 22U Clarence street, Sydney. Australia, jeweler. 

(1905). 
George Honeyman. of Kingskettle. Fife, warehouseman, at to Clvde 

Terrace. Glasgow. (1906). 
George Honeyman, of 464 Latrobe Street. Melbourne, Victoria. ( 1005 1. 
George Wallace Honeyman. of 43 Somerset place. Sunderland road. 

Gateshead, Durham, England. (1902). 
Harry Honeyman, of 46 Oxford St.. Sydney, New South Walt'-. 

tobacconist. ( 1905 ). 



320 



IK >NEYMAN FAMILY 



Henry Honeyman, of Gosport, Hampshire, England, aged twenty-one, 

bachelor, married Jenny Baddy, aged twenty-one, spinster; appli- 

cation for license Nov. 30, 1782. 
Hincks Honeyman, ('ham-cry proceedings concerning in English Court 

of < Chancery, [681. 
Honeyman & Co., of 11 MeuseLane, Edinburgh, wholesale tea. I [9 
James Honeyman, of <>-> Forbes street, Wimble, New South Wales, 

1 [90 
James Brand Honeyman, of 38 Rice Heyroad, Egregmont, Liver] 1 

I [907). 
John Honyman, married Margarel Brayne; marriage license dated, 

Dec. [5, 1692, in London Faculty office. 
Kate Honeyman, of j;ii W. Princes street, Glasgow. (1906 
Lindsay Honeyman, Glasgow I [908) 

Margarel Honeyman, of [67 Bruntsfield place, Edinburgh. < i<x>6). 
Maw Honeyman (Mrs.), of 117 Evans street, B'Wick, Victoria. 

( 1905) . 
Honeyman, Mi", of Craigkenochie Terrace, Burtisland, Fife. < [905 I. 
Nicholas I foneyman, of Titchfield, I lamp-hire. England, bachelor, mar- 
l-id Jane Winter, spinster, at Winchester; license application 

dated Nov. 17. 1725. 
er Honeyman, of 60 Merchi Edinburgh. C I 9° I 

R. Honeyman, of 6 Mayfield Gardens, Edinburgh. 1 [906). 
Rachel Honyman, married William Dean, in St, George's Church, 

Hanover Square, London, Aug. .\. (793- 
R. S. Honeyman, "i' Cromwell Bldgs., Blackfriars street, Manchester, 

gland, nil merchant. 
Shadrack Honeyman, of P Hampshire, England, victualer and 

widower, married Mary Gray of Alverstroke, aged twenty-one, 
r; license application date! 1 icl 26, 1790. 
Thomas Honeyman, of Bishopstroke, Hampshire, England, carpenter 

and bachelor, aged twentj five, married Rachel Peace, "t' South 

Stoneham, spinster, aged twenty-one; license application dated 

Feb. x. i 7/ -(,. 
Thomas Honeyman, arrington Road, Smithdown road, W.. 

Liverpool, commercial traveler. I 1906). 
Tom Honeyman, of 97 Milbrae road, Langside, Glasgow, Grand Sec- 

iry of I. O. G. T. 1 1901 
Vincent Honeyman, married Sarah Lightfoot, in St. George's Church, 

Hanover Square, London, Aug. 31. [789. 



UNIDENTIFIED HONEYMANS , 2I 

W. Honeyman (Mrs.), 3 Milner Terrace, St. John St., Capetown, 

Africa ( [904 ). 
William Honeyman, of 238 Clarence street, Sydney. Australia. | igoo). 
William Honeyman, of 49 Alex. Pope Street, Liverpool, brass f.ounder, 

( 1900). 

William Honeyman, of Bartongardens, Davidson's Main-, S. ( 1.. .Mid- 
lothian (1906). 

William Honeyman, of 8 Gladstone St., Hartlepool, Durham, England. 
(1902). 

Yellow-Struthers Honeyman (Mrs.), of W. Calder, R. S. O., Mid- 
lothian (1906). 



APPENDIX II. 

LIST OF UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS OF THE HONEYMAN NAME IN 

AMERICA. 

NOTE.— The following names have been moslty secured from Directories, but some from other rec- 
ords. All the persons named who are proi.aMy living have been written to for information as to identifica- 
tion, etc., bit no replies have been received, unless otherwise staled. Where there are dates in parentheses 
at the end of the address, it indicates the date of the Directory from which the name was taken. 

Andrew Honeyman, of 17 Freeman street. Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Barbara Honeyman, wid. of James, of 287 Ogden St., Newark, X. J. 

(1907). 
C. Honeyman, of Danville, Province of Quebec. | [907). 
Charles Honeyman. of 117 Beaver St., Albany, X. Y., artist. | iXtjo). 
Charles Hunneman, mariner, Boston; letters of adm. on hi- estate 

granted to George Bitner, Aug. 23, 1815. 
David Honeyman, of 450 Fifth st.. New York City, -hip carpenter. 

• ( 1890). 
David Honeyman, of 1406 X. 9th St.. St. Louis, Mo. ( [890 J 
Edward Honeyman. of 28 X. Baker St.. Dayton, ( I., -ale-man. 1 1007 1 
Fred Honeyman, of 2813. 26th Ave.. Minneapolis, Minn., proprietor 

of South Minneapolis Hotel. ( 1890). 
George Honeyman, of 225 E. 27th St., Xew York City, polisher. 

1 [908). 
George W. Honeyman, of 11 Queen Ave.. Cleveland, < ). ( 1890). 
Grace Honeyman, of 113 W. Monument Ave.. Dayton, < I. I i'jo~). 
Henry Honeyman, Seneca, Kan. (1908). 



322 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

Henry Honeyman, baker, 219 1".. Kinney St.. Newark, X. J. ( 18S2 1. 

J. Hunniman, Chelsea, Mass., witness to deed, June 8, 175.V 

John Honneman, Jr.. Annapolis, X. S., witness to power of attorney 
filed al Boston, 17 — . 

John Honeyman, of 319 Seward place, Schenectady, X. Y. 1 tg 

John Honeyman, of n8 Bridge St., Springfield, Mass., clerk. 1 1907). 

John Honeyman, of 823 Charlotte Si., Philadelphia, laborer. 1 ^905). 

John Honeyman. of 242 St. Martin'- St.. Montreal. Canada, carrier, 
I 10-7). 

John Y. Honeyman, of i^gTexa- St.. San Francisco, Cal., -hi]' fitter. 
(1907) 

J. W. Honeyman, of Bridgeport, Conn.; removed to British Columbia, 
1 10-71 

Mary Honeyman, of New York City. She m. Edward Smith, accord- 
ing to a marriage license dated Nov. 15. 175'/. as per Trinity eh. 
rds. 

M. R. Honeyman, Kettle Falls, Wash. 

Mary Honeman, (wid. of Herman), Colisseum, New Orleans; un- 
doubtedly ( ierman. > [890) 

Richard Honeyman, of 2317 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia. 1 10071 

W. Honeyman (Mrs.), of 260 St. Antoine St., Montreal, Canada. 
1 1007 1. 

\Y. Honeyman, of Grandon, Manitoba. 1 to 

W. Honeyman, of 242 St. Martin's St.. Montreal, Canada, clerk. 
( 1 007 1 . 

William Hunneman, of Boston, witness to deed 1701 

William Honeyman, of 669 X. Humboldt St.. Chicago, moulder. 
1 [90 

William Honeyman, of 1615 W. 29th St.. Kansas City, Mo. I 10071. 

William Honeyman, of 390 X. Lincoln St.. Chicago, 111., bookbinder. 
1 1X90). ' 



VPPENDIX III. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 

\i\ John Honeyman, of 1746. Captain John Honeyman, 

of New York, i- a man whose history and family it would he interesting 

, hut 1 I n unable I other fact- than that, on 

1746, he rai • impany of too volunteers in New York 

for "an expedition against Canada." lie undoubtedly c;r: from 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 323 

Scotland or England, but of his ancestry and family, if any. or even 
his exact residence, I know nothing. His signature appears to a muster 
roll of his volunteer company as follows: 




In the "Report of the State Historian" of New York, Vol. 2, p. 637, 
there is a copy of his muster roll, beginning as follows: "Muster Roll 
of 100 Volunteers (besides officers to be commissioned) inlisted undei 
the command of Capt John Honeyman, who served in the presen. 
expedition agas*t Canada mustered in New York according to the 
Act of Assembly before the Hon'ble Stephen Bayard Esq., Mayor 
Gerardus Stuyvesant and John Marshall Esq'rs Justices of the Peace 
for the s'd city ami in the above city this 26th day of September in 
the twentyeth year of his Majesty's reign Anno dom : one thousand 
seven hundred and forty-six." (Then follows the roll ). 

Rev. George J. Honeyman. — There is a George John Honeyman 
of 811 Third St.. Great Falls, Montana, stated to be a clergyman, who 
was b. June 2". 185(1, an 'l ' s living. He states that his father was John 
Honevman, of Knowlton, Canada, who was born in Scotland and died 
about 1904, and married Margaret Robb. I have no further infor- 
mation. 

Alexander Honeyman. — Alexander Honeyman, of Chicago, 111., 
was born at Falkirk, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1840, and died in Chicago, 
Apr. 15, 1903. He came to America in i860, and was a moulder. Hib 
father was an Alexander and his mother "Tiny" — — . His 

second wife was Minna Rose, who is living at 814 Mozart St., Chicago. 
No further information. 

Bertram C. Honeyman. — Bertram Cecil Honeyman, of 69 

Linden St.. New Bedford, Mass., states that his father is Edward 
Foster Honeyman, born 1861 at Darlington. England, who married 
Mary Jane Newman, daughter of Capt. Robert Thompson Newman of 
Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, England. His grandparents were Wil- 
liam Honeyman and Nancy , of Darlington. William was a 

Captain of a brig and was supposed to have been drowned near the 
harbor of New York in 1861. 



324 THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 

David Honeyman. — David Honeyman of 212 E. 84th St., New 
York City, claims German descent, although I doubt not his ance 
went from Scotland n> Germany. His grandfather was Emmanuel 
Honeyman, of Germany, whose son, Aaron Louis Honeyman, married 
Ricka Manasse, and resided at uxi Orchard St., New York I 
Aaron L. died Nov. 17. [884. 1 1 i> son, David, was born \ T ov. 20, 1867, 
and married Aug. 2, [894, Minnie Sackman. They have children: 
Hattie, aged thirteen; Emmanuel Manasse, aged nine; and Jessie, 
three. 

Heinrich F. I). Honemann. — Heinrich Friedrich Diedrich Hone- 
mann, of 2j\ Fourth St., San Francisco, Cal., gives in the spelling of 
his name a fair example of the spelling of tin- family in Germany. 
There are others of the same name in various parts of this country. 
Heinrich's father was also named Heinrich and was born in Walsrode, 
Hanover, where hi> own parents resided. The senior Heinrich now 
lives in Hamburg. Heinrich, Jr.. was born July i_\ [878, and served 
his time in the 1 ierman navy, since which he has been in San Francisco. 



APPENDIX I\ . 
JOHN HONEYMAN, "THE SPY," PAGE 112. 

The quotation given from Vdjutant-General Stryker on page ii_' 
i- erroneously stated t" he from his published volume on "The Battles 
of Trenton and Princeton." The quotation N from a paper publi 
by General Stryker prior to the issue of that volume. In the volume 

Hint 1 if John I toneyman's 
doings, tallying with our text, and stating that it i- "a well-established 
tradition that the most reliable account of Colonel Rahl's post at Tren- 
ton v i b) Washington's spy, John Honeyman, ol town, 
county." 
Since the matter on • 3 was printed my attention has 
'•ailed to a most important additional fact, viz.: that the Council 
of Safely of New Jersey, meeting at Princeton, December 5. 1777. 
had before it the case of John Honeyman, and he was ordered to be 
the "Trenton Gaol for High n." On December 
it days later than the commitment, he was ordered I 
"discharged from the guard," upon his entering in) 

ir at the next General Quartet of the Peace of Hunter- 

don county. The man who became hi- surety was Jacob ll\- 

ildier in the quartermaster's department of the Hunterdon 



LINE OF THE DRS. HEDGES 525 

militia. This was the end of that matter, and is another corroborative 
evidence of the facts stated in our text. (Sec "Minnie- Council of 
Safely of N. J.," published at Jersey City, 1872. pp. [69, [76). 



APPENDIX V. 
LINE OF THE DRS. HEDGES, OF CHESTER, N. J., PAGE 222. 

Margaret Hedges of Chester. X. J., was the wife of Robert M. 
Honeyman, merchant, of New Germantown, X. I. 1 See Robert M.. 
700). 

William Hedges came over from England (about) [649 and set- 
tled at Northampton, Peng Island. He died in 1674, leaving five 
children. < )ne of his sons was — 

Stephen Hedges, who died July 7. [734, aged about too years. 
He had a son — 

William Hedges, born 1680; died Nov. 4. 1708. He had a 

Stephen Hedges, an ardent patriot of the Revolution, born 1724: 
died 1801. His son was — 

Dr. Joseph Hedges, of Chester, N. J., born Dec. 31, 1700; 
Mar. ir, 1824; m., Mar. 12. 1789, Elizabeth Woodhull, daughter of 
Rev. William Woodhull. HP son was — 

Dr. William Woodhull Hedges, of Chester, X. P. born Sept. 6, 
1700; died June. 1875; m. Jane English. He was the father of the 
Margaret who married Robert M. Honeyman. One of hi- children 
was — 

Dr. Smith English Pledges, of Chester. X. J., born Nov. 20, 1830; 
died Apr. 1, 1892; married. Nov. 13, 1850. Ann Pliza Miller Van 
Doren, who was born Dec. 17, 1830. and is still living. Two of his 
children are — 

Dr. Ellis Walton Hedges, of Plainfield, X. J., and Dr. Benjamin 
Van Doren Hedges, of Plainfield. X. J., both eminent living physicians. 

The Rev. William Woodhull mentioned descends as follows: ( 1 1 
John Woodhull, born in England Sept. 18. 1020; came to America 
1647; died at Brookhaven, P. [., ( let. 17. [690. (2) Richard Woodhull, 
born 1649; died [699. (3) Richard Woodhull. born 1691 ; died 1707. 
(4) John Woodhull. horn 1710; died 1704- (5) Rev. William Wood- 
hull, born Dec. 14, 1741 ; died, at Chester. X. J.. \n,e 8, 1814. 



Till-. HONEYMAN FAMILY 

APPENDIX VI. 

LINE OF JOHN T. HONEYMAN, OF ENGLAND, PAGE 180. 

An imperfect line of "John C. Honeyman of Craj Eord, England," 
given on page 180, was printed before the receipt of the following 
more exact infi irmation. 

His name was nol John (.'.. but John Thomas Honeyman. He 
died (about) [900 at the age of 72 years. His first wife, Sarah Ann 
Hall, of Brighton, England, died Apr. 30, [852. His second wife, 
Sarah Franklyn, died (about) [899, aged 69 years. Mr. Honeyman 
was a moulder. 

This John Thomas Honeyman was the son of Abraham and Eliza- 
beth Honeyman, who resided at Ball's Pond, Islington, England. Abra- 
ham died June, 1875, a S e(1 98 years. Mis wife, Elizabeth, died [878, 
aged 104 year-. Both are buried at Islington parish church. London. 

The children of John T. Honeyman by his two wive- were as 
stated on page 180, but the following information is supplementary 
then 

Abraham (384), married. Apr. 3, [881, Sarah lane Baker, of 
Devonshire. 

John (385), resided a< Crayford, and d. Mar. [3, [897. 

William, of London, was the next child after John, and was mar- 
ried. 

I larry W. 1 386 I is married. 

' 1 orge 1 387 1 was married 

Sarah (388), resided at Dartford; married George Saundei 

Fanny (389), resided at Esher (not Esker) ; married Harry 
Russell. 

Mav. (390), is living at Esher, and is married. 



APPENDIX VII. 
MR. JOHN R. C. HONEYMAN, OF REGINA, CANADA, PAGE 189. 

Jon 1 iarles Honeyman, (507) was educated at Glas- 

gow University; studied architecture under his father, hut nol caring 
for that profession went to Canada in [885. \ iter farming for 1 \ 

. lie served live years on the Northwest Mounted Police, attaining 

the rank ant, and also acting a- clerk in the office of the ( 0,11- 

missioner of the Force. I [< ame assistant editor of the "Regina 

Leader." for one year, when he 31 1 1:0 d a position in the Indian I >epart- 
ment of the 1 lovernment. In [896 he became editor of the "Moosomiro 



YEATER-BAXTER EAMIIA 527 

Spectator." In 1898 he entered the service of the Northwest Terri- 
torial Government, and was soon advanced to Deputy Commissioner 
of Agriculture. In 1906, when the provinces of Saskatchewan and 
Alberta were formed, from the Northwest Territories, he became 
Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Saskatchewan, which he resigned 
after one year. In 1908 he was appointed librarian of the Regina 
Public Library, a position he now holds. 

Besides the three children mentioned on page [90, he has a daugh- 
ter, Annie Rotheria, born Sept. 15, 1908. 



APPENDIX VIII. 
DESCENDANTS OF SARAH YEATER BAXTER (14). PAGE 261. 

Since the facts given mi page 261 concerning Sarah Honeyman 
Yeater, of Louisiana, Mo., who married, 1841. Turner G. Baxter, were 
printed (see pp. 200-250) fuller information has been received as 
follows : 

Sarah Honf.yman Yeater (14) died May 15, 1897. Her hus- 
band, Turner G. Baxter, was born 1822. They were divorced in 
i860. Their children were : 

1. Mary Ann Baxter, of Louisiana, Mo., b. Jan. 25, 1842: d. 
Oct. 11, 1877; m. (1) 'William Destern, and (2) John Esbey. Ch. 
(by W. D. ) : Escue; Austa. Ch. (by J. E. ) : Hunan. 

2. Austa Jane Baxter, of Louisiana. 1). Oct. 28, 1844: living; 
m., June 24, 1870. James L. Yenable. who d. Jan. 6, 1903. ( For ch., 
see infra ). 

3. William C. Baxter, of Louisiana, b. Apr. 1, 1847; living; 
m., Dec, 1S80, Mrs. Fannie Sidwell. Ch. : Laura; Turner; Nora; 
Roy; Myrtle; Archie; Bessie. 

4. Golden Watkins Baxter, of Louisiana, b. June 8, 1 S57 ; 
d. Oct. 10, 1897; m., Aug., 1880, Anna Steele. Ch. : Goldie; Ollie; 
Floy; Gladys; Leila. 

Children of James L. Venable axd Austa J. Baxter (2) : 

5. Hattie Bell Venable, of Louisiana; b. Jan. 28, [872; liv- 
ing ; unmarried. 

6. James Niel Yenable, of Louisiana, b. Nov. 28, [873; liv- 
ing; m., (1 ) Dec. 2, 1898. Clara Talliaferro, who d. Nov. 9, 1899; and 
(2), July 26, 1905, Laura Allison. Ch. (by L. A.) : Claudine, b. June 

24, 1906. 

7. William Watkins Venable, b. Jan. 27, 1876; d. Aug. 15, 

1881. 



328 THE IK INKY MAX FAMILY 

8 foHN Ri< ii \ki> v , of Louisiana, b. Sov. _>j. 1878; 

living; in.. 1897, Anna Yeater. Ch: James Francis, l>. June -'4. [898; 
living. 

■ /. b June i-). [885; living; unmarried. 

APPENDIX IX. 

PETER S. YEATER 2 . PAGE 259, FOOTNOTE. 

Since the footnote on page 259 was printed, I have ascertained that 
the full name of Peter S. Yeater was Peter Stevens Yeater and not 
"Peter Samuel Yeater" as conjectured. 

APPENDIX X. 
FAMILY OF FRANCIS HONEYMAN 521 . PAGE 192. 

The particulars of the children of the above named Francis 
Honeyman, as printed on page [92, are correct as far as they go, but 
the following facts should be added: 

["he elde 1 child was Margaret, deceased, of Cherry (reek. Xev.. 
who in. F. S. Keogh. < >ne ch. 

The next child was Mary F... of Wells, Xev.. living; m. < I T. Hill. 
Fi mr ch. 



APPENDIX XI. 

ADDITIONS TO BISHOP HONYMAN'S LINE. 

The following late information is in addition to that on pages [56- 
[59: 

married a Grieve. Ch.: George; Margaret; Pi 
whom aHotham;Jan > m. an Anderson. 

103. Barbara, in. (1) a Tobie; and (2) a Joplin. 

Roberl (Admiral), in. 11 1 a Broderick; and (2) a Jaui 
By first wife were ch. : William; Margaret; Helen, whom, a Hodgson; 
Robert : and Mary de Coursy. 

115. Catherine, who in. a Stewart. Ch.: Anne, who m. a Lock- 
hart; Susan, who 111. a Sewell, of Quebec; Mary: Sophia, who 111. a 
Stewart; Catherine, who m. a Madan; Muni;.'; Alexander, who m. a 
Law -..11 : t 'an'linc. who in. a Maxwell : lane, who in. a Lawson ; lame-. 
who m. a I 'arker ; and ' h-\:w ia. 

99 Sir William. Twelve ch.: Patrick; Mary: Robert; Mary 

ond ■: I atherine Johnstone; Sir Richard B. V. D. ].: Sir Ord 
John; William; William (second); Sarah A. I.; Margaret; and an 
in fain. 1 See page 158 l. 



INDEX (AMERICAN NAMES) 



To Honeyman, Honyman and Hunneman Christian Nam. s. 



Abigail, no, <ii, 154. 
Abigail, 1 1., 254 
Abraham \\. 230, 238 
Abraham V. D., 125. 22S, 237 
A 1 1 rani, 241 

Abram V. D., 221, 227 
Ada I'... 210, 214 
Agnes, mi 
Alberl \, 234 
Albert D., 233 
Aletha, 2311 
Alexander, ,523 
Ah xander F., 205 
Uii e, mi. 205, 234 
Alice 11.. jj'i 
Alice At. M., 180 
Alvah L., 238 
Amanda, 205 
Amos, 152 
Andrew, 183, 321 
Angelica, 229 
Angeline, 191 
Ann. 191 
Ann !•'.. 254. 256 
Anna C. 236 
Anna M., 231 
Anne, 200 
Annie, 214 
\:i lie I... 215 
Annie R., 237 
Ansel, 24.x 
Archibald, 243 
Arthur, 176 
Augustus, 224. 231 
Austin, 22(1, 235 
\. Van Doren, 125. 228, 237 
Barbara, 223, 243, 321, 333 
B vi rly G.. 215 
Benjamin, 241 
Benjamin A., 180, 258 
Benjamin D., 230 
Benjamin F., 182, 184, 186 
Benjamin W., 239 
Bessie B., 239 

1 >l ■ l' < r., 236 

Bertha R., 185 
Bertram C, 323 
Bel 1 y B., 227 
Bruce R.. 176 

C . 321 

Calvin \V., 233 
Candace M., 244 
Carleton, 249, 257, 258 
Caroline, 228, 237 
21 



Car. line I., S., 2115, 208 

( '.'line. _• ;.| 

1 athi nne, 133. 137, mi, [92, 22 1, 2 ;i 
Charles, of Y.i . lane of, 241 
Charles, IT, 194, 200, 241, 242, 248, 

231, 232. 233, 230. 321 
I dries |;., 22J, 233 
Charles E., 243, 248 
Charles II., [93 
Charles J., r86 
< lharli s i ),. 234 
Charles \\\, 22<>. 258 
Charli itte I )., 210. 214 
Charlotte H., 253 
( harlotte M., 236 
Chloe, 204 
Chloe D., 206 
Christina, 198 
Clara S., [85 
Clarence. 239 
Claude, 248 
Clifford, 239, 248 
1 'oe C, 243 
Cornelius J.. 102 
Ci irnelnis |„. j_>7, 236 
l '< 'melius V., 239 
Daisy. 231, 
David, 11. 174, 173, 176. 241, 242. 24?, 

246, 321. 323 
David A.. 184. r86, 1X7 
David T.. 177 
Dexter R . 238 
Doris, 238 
I )'ir. -thy 1 L, 181 
Dosia, 248 
Earl E., 243. 248 
Ebenezi r. rg8 
Edith. 238 
Edith M., 233 
Edna, 239 
Edward, 191, 321 
Edward M., 23-, 240 
Edward R 

Eleanor, 1 16, 1 17. 216 
Eleanor S., 258 
Elizabeth, 81, 85, 91, 96, 115, 132, 134, 

I,s(>. 137. I84. 201'. 212, 234, 243. Jsl 

Elizabeth A., 237 
Elizabeth C, 240. 2^4, 2,7 
Elizabeth X.. 1X7 
Eliza A,. 223 
Eliza J.. 236 
Ellen, 24; 
Fibs W., 233 



33° 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



Ely, 

Emilii 

Emily. 185, -•-•". J34 

Emma J., -'l<> 

Ethel, 

Euphi 

Evalini ' ' . -■-<■. 

Fannie, 1K4 

Florence G., 193 

Frai 

Frances 1 [., 255, 258 

Franc- (J., 225, 233 

Francis, 8i, 152, 190, 192, 328 

Frank, 191, 229, 239 

Fred, 321 

I S . 234 
Frederic B., -'58 
Fullerton, - 

j. 186, nii. 192, 234. 321 

. i'ii 

, 88, 155, ---'4 

I 323 
. 234 

i I >.. .'45, 248 

gc T., 236, 248 
. 321 
trude 1... 185 
'. - I >.. 227 
Glenn, 

321 
258 
M.. 177 
W . 17'' 
Hannah 1 1 
Hannah I 
Harrison, 156, -'(i 
Harr; 

Harriet M„ 235 

I lar; 

1 ■ 324 
Helen, 193, 248 
Helei 

1 1.1 257 

n I . '77 
Helen M. 257 
Helen R 
I [cm 
linn. 25, 234, 

Hem 



Henry II 

Henry W., 165 

Herman, .;-'-' 

Herman W., 180, 181 

Hewes, 256 

lliran 

Homer II.. 186 

Hollis 

Horace, [85 

Horti nsi I. . 

Icenene, 246 

Ida, ^ 

Ida B., 245, 248 

Irene, -'4-' 
Isabella, 198 
Isabella A.. -'44. 246 

J . 

J. W 

James 1 Rev. I, iS. 56, 66 

James ( Att'y. I 82 

es, 94, 115, 118, 149, 152, 155 

MI. 195, 200, -M7. 2l8, 221 
. 250, 251 

James \ 
James B., 198 

Jam. 

I - I >.. 177 

II. -'-'.< 

II P. I Rev.), 11. 192 
James I... 192 
Jam. 233 

[ami 

James \\ 

jane. 108, 109, 1 1". 1 17. l. ; -'- l63i 
I'll. 200, 2l6, 221, - 

Jan. 
Jan. I. . 

Jennie. lS<.. I'll 
M.. 245 

John ■ 8, 118, 322 

John 1 Dr. <. 1 18, un. 125, 228 

John I 

John 1 the Spy I, Line of, 216 

18, 89, 92, 94, 1 16, 1 17. 1?-. 
181, 182, 183, 184, 193, i'ii- '" s - 
218, -J<>. 221, -•-•?. 226, 234, -'p. 
253, j-^'i. 322, 

V. 182, 184, 186, 257 

John B., 17". 171. 18 

(ohn 1 '.., . 257 

John l> M.. 214, 215 

John !■'... 234 

John II.. 225, 233 

-'11. -17 
John X . 
John R., --57 



224, 



irr. 



156, 

-'IT. 
251. 



[NDEX TO AMERICAN NAMES 



33 ] 



John R. C, [89, mo, .326 

John V., 322 

John V. Z., 22,3, -30 

Joseph, [92 

Joseph B., 256. 258 

Joseph H., 254, 255, 256 

Josephine, 244 

Julia C. 206 

Kate F... 239 

Katherine, 10,3 

Kenneth, 176 

Laura, 2,34, 258 

Laura M., 22S 

Lavinia P., 206, 209, 213 

Lena, 235 

Lena L., 239 

Letitia, 204 

Letitia A., 210, 213 

Letitia P. B., 205, 212 

Lillian, 235 

Lillie F., 245 

Lizzie F., 236 

Lizzie M., 2,34 

Louis, 2.35, -39 

Louisa C, 243 

Lovenia, 19S - 

Luranah, 244, 247 

Li ivenia B., 198 - 

M. R., 322 

Mabel, 186 

Mabel E., 239 

Mabelle, 239 

Mai F., 187 

Malvina, 243 

Margaret, 116, 117, 168, 184, 187, 191, 

198, 200, 205, 2l6, 217, 219, 222, 2.30, 
243, 328 

Margaret F., 230 

Margaret K.. 232 

Margaret V. Z., 224, 232 

Marguerite, 191 

Maria L., 228, 2,36 

Martha, 231 

Martha A., 184, 243 

Martha D., 224, 227 

Mary, 18, 116, 117, 130, 131, 1.33, 134. 

135, 154. '91. 199. -00. 2 °4. 20 > 
206, 211, 217, 220, 224. 225, 227, 230, 
232, 234. 242, 322 

Mary A., 197, 242, 244 

Mary C, 254. 257 

Mary F.. 245, 24S, 257, 328 

Mary F., 192 

.Alary J, 224, 227, 231, 243 

Mary L.. 226 

Mary M., 214, 230 

Marsello E., 245 

Matilda, 191 

Maud L., 237, 240 

May F., 185 



Meh in (Re\ 1 . 11 7, 127, 23 1 

Men dith, 21 5 

Michael, 183, 185, 241 

Milhurn, 

Mildred G., 177 

Morris ( . 126, 23 1 

Nellie, mi. [92, 104 

Neva, 248 

Nevius K„ 227 

Nicholas, 11, iS, 240, 250, 251, 252. 253 

Nicholas (Hunncman), of Boston, 

Line of, 2 19 
( >gden, 221 1, 235 
olive. 248 

Oliver S. R., 21.1, 21 5 
1 lllie, 241 

Omer S., 245, 24.N 
Orie, 248 
1 Isa F... 245 
Patrick, mi 
Paul I).. 124 
Paul 1). P., 238 
Penelope, 91, 134, 155, 157 
Percy G., 236 

Peter, [90, mil 192, 193, 221, 226 
Peter \\, 228, 237 
Peter R . 227, 235 
Phebe M.. 231, 230 
Philip C., 226, 234 
Philip S.. [68 
Raymond N., 237 
Rebecca E . 243 
Rebecca E. A.. 244, 247 
Rhoda V., 245 
Richard, ^22 

Ri ibi rt, 156. 1X4, 105, 214 
Roliert I'.., 124, 238, 240 
Robert B. ( Dr.). 17. 18, 61, 62 
Robert D., 201, 202, 203. 205, 2110. 200 
Roberl 1 1.. 2m, 2 \6 
Robert I.. 258 
Roberl M ( Rev. ), 117. 120 
Roberl M , 118, 121, 124, 218, 222. 22^. 

2 : 

Ri Inn R. (Col 1, 122. 221). 238 

Ri herl S„ 21; 

Rodger I). 2=8 

Ri land W„ 245. 24S 

Ronald J., 177 

Rose, 1 01 

Ri y, 24S 

!\;i --. II }■'.. 2 30 

Ruth A . [76 

Ruth E., 235 

Sally M., 210, 215 

Samuel, 130, 185, 200. 201, 2^2, 253, 

2V> 

Samui I < ' . 242. 243 

Samuel I). [99, 201, 205. 212, 246 

Samuel II . 2m. 214, 253. 254, 257 



THE HOXEYMAK FAMILY 



Sarah, 1 1. 18, 1 16, 118, 2 

1 ■ ' 77 
Thomas I . 

VV . 

W. B. 182 



Walter !:.. 177 

17, 11S. 135, 173, i."'> 

Will, 

William. 11. 18, 130, 131, 168, 17.!. 174. 

214 

William A 

William l:.. IS.,. 186, -'45. 

Willi. J5, 257, 

William D., 17: 

Willi 

William I'... jjj 

William II 

William J.. 242. 244, 245, J 17 

William K.. -'115 

William K 

William V., -•.•<> 

Wrig 



INDEX (AMERICAN NAMES 

l"o Surnames Other Than Honeyman, Honyman anil Hunneman. 



Vdsit, 

Allen, ii-'. 220, 221, 224, 226, .'."4. 261. 

270 
Allison, 327 
Ammann, - 

II, 212 

Appl 

114, 2 

Ail 1 

-7'' 

.'II 

1 I. .'14. -'15 

liarkman, 

n, 88 

. 327 



hi ild, .'4.5 

nan, 112 

my, -'75 
Benbroi ik, .'.'i. .'.'7 
Bender, 2,;;. 
Bennett, 237, 240 
1. 114. 231 
Berk< ley, 71. ,-•). 82, 152 
Bern 1, 7] 

Berthoud, 122 

'■■ -'1 17 

Bilmei 
Billups, 
Bird, 

Bisset, 86, 89, 91, 154. '55. '57 
Black, 168 
Blair, 

Blauvelt, 122. 124. 228 
Boardman, 
inc, 224 
y, 269 

I'.' ■miry. 1 hi. 2115. 21 1 
Boulwarc, 27(1. 281 

-■ 7' 1 
I'.. iw man. .'77 

Brandow, 



INDEX TO AMERICAN NAM] S 



333 



Brenton, 91, 154 

Broadley, 261, 266, 276 

Brodhead, 238, 240 

Brokmeyer, 277 

Broi iks, 232 

Brown, 81, 83, 85, 90, 149 154 >2j 
264, 265, 274. -75. -77 

Brownhe, 208 

Brundage, 235, 239 

Bryan. 133, i 35> 207 

Bryant. 91, 1,--. 262, 271 

Bryson, 261, 268, 278 

Bullinger, 2X0 

Bumstead, 249 

Bunn, 1 12, 217 

Burcham, 211-, 277, 278, 280 

Burns, 2^2 26 > 

Burrell, 262 

Burrill, j;i, 

Burrows, 95, 216 
Burton, 107 

I ; " by, 232 

Cafferty, mi 

' laldwell, 256 

Callahan, 281 

Calvert, 205 

Campbell, 87, 246 

Cardale, 68 

Carey. 272 

< "arr, 80, Si. 90, 149, 152 

Carrie.', 262, 264, 274' 

Carroll, 268 

Carruth, 256 

Carter, 22*1 

Caton, 128 

Cavanagh, 207 

Caverley, 263, 269, 273 

Chambers, 211 

Champney, 253, 254, 257 

* hapman, 21 1 

Chrismer, 274 

Christian, 274 

Christensen, 214 

Church, 92 

Clare. 265 

Clark, 12s, 149, 272 

Clarke, 81 

Clay, 218 

Cleaver, 2S2 

Clemons, 2S0 

( !le"mmer, 246 

l_oddington, 8g 

C ie, 243 

Coggeshall, 155, 23;, 240 

Cole, 231 

Coles, -M4 

Collier, '184 

Collin, 208 

Collins, 270, 279 

Comstock, 223 



Conrad, 158 
Cook, 155, 276, 2S1 

( nu|irr, 149 ! .11, 2SI, 2j2 

Cornbury, 67, 68 
Corti lyou, Jii', 2 ni 
1 ory, 22^ 

Cotl ingham, 245, 248 
Covert, 117, 217, 22(i 
( !i u ley. 89 

Cox, 185, 209, 221., 251 

Cozzens, 89 

Craft, 250 

( 'raig, 217 

< Iranstc m, 8: ,149 

Crater, 95, 221 

( rew -, 264, 274 

Crosby, 235 

Cross, 263 

Cunningham, 206 

Cushing, 250 

I lammand, 209 

I (avenport, 257. 269 

Davidson, 215, 220, 265, 275 

Davis, 2,-,2. 244, 246, 250. 263, 273, 278 

Davisson, 200. 2m 

1 >awsi m, 175, 177 

I lean, 207 

I '• I [art, [25, 22'i 

1 lemond, 220, 224 

Depue, 229, 238 

I )( rbin, 244 

Derrah, 237 

1 )estern, 327 

I liamond, 243, 246 

Ditmars, 112 

Dittmar, 247 

I lix, 223 

Dixon, 247 

I )i iggett, 208 

1 1 Ian, [91, [92, 214, 215 

I >< ugherty, 268 

I 1 w, 227, 236 

Dumont, 217 

Dunbar, 278 

Dunham. 225. 233 

Dunn. 2- 2 

I lunskell, 223 

I (uychinck, 23c 

Earle, 21 1 

East, 245 

Eaton, 133 

Eckenberry, 242 

Killlex 

t t\w arcl 

Eisenhi ui r, 24 1, 247 
Elgin, 27 i. 279 
Eliot, 90, 1 ^4. 241 ) 

8g 
Ellis, 210, 214, 22s, 267, 277 
Ellwood, 212 



334 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



l".in. ■ 

lish, 325 

-. 327 

133 

-M<> 
l.ill. 237 

Falclier, - 
Fanning, 

1 II. 253 

258 
Felmly, -'-•■(. 231 
Field, 77 
Finch, 245, 
Finen, 192 

-,. ^jj. 230, 2\-- -7.? 

atrick, 191 
Ford, nn. -'?? 

. 1X5 
nklin, 80 

252 
Full . -'oo 

Funk. 223 

. -'ii. 2 1 S 

. 7'' 
iin, 06 

Gal 

Iner, 237 

. r. 330, - 
rge, 249 
( lildersleevc, 227, 236, 27S 
ore, 271 

- 1 13 
.'•r. 235 

156 

don, 249 

< . 1 in. _'7 | 
1 . ill 1. I 1-' 

ulding, 84, 90, 92, ' ; -'. i?t 
_• 1 2 

-7" 
Gri 

lick. 112 
II11-. .'i 1 
I illV, 71 

[12, Il6 

Hale, -'ii 



Haley, -■":•, 

Hall, -•-■'>. 234, 256, -7 s 
Halst, 213 
Hammer, -'17 
Hammitt, 89 
Hancock, 92 
in.-i. 244 
Haring, 2 
1 [armon, 

Harv 258 

ler, .'75 
Hatch, 249 
Haulcnbeck, 25s 
Hawkins, 
1 lays 

HUS, 120 

Heal, 

I [edden, -■-•;. 

Hedi - 29. 325 

I [egeman, 95, 115. 1 16 

1 [endersi n, -'7' 

Hendley, 

Henr; mi.. 117. 216, 211 

Hen 

1 1. 5si y, 

Hewes, j.;- 1 . 253 

[80, 181 

Hiblcr, ->''.-. 275 

Hildebrant, -■-•-• 

iiiii. 1 279, 328 

Hixson, 

213, 214 

II. Hand, -mi. -'7' 
II 1! 

I [1 [mi -. 209 

i'h II. 222 

Hoover, 242 

1 1, ■war. 1. -•'.). -'71 
Howe, 237 
Howell, 278 
I [ubbs, 23S 
Hughs, -77 
Hughi . 232 
Hunncmann, 251 
Hum. jjj 
Hunter, 278 
Hutchins, -•.;.; 
Hutchinson, 247, 
Hum. .n. 
Hyer, 324 
Ingall, 239 
Ingle, 257, 258 

-■48 



INDEX TO AMERICAN NAMES 



335 



Jamison, 261, 266 

Jarvis, 242, 243 

Jennings, 263, 2-3 

Jeroloman, 226, 235 

Johnson, 113, 120, 213, 233, 260, 261, 

263. 271, 272, 273, 274. 280 
Jourdan, 277 
Kaiser. 186, 187 
Kane, 1 si 
Kay. 7" 
Keaton, 278 
Keiler. 168 
Keller. 276, 280 
Kennedy, 205, 242, 244, 245 
Keogh, 328 
Kersnaw, 112 
Kesler, 242 

King, 224, 237, 261, 264,274, 275 
Kirkpatrick, 236 
Kneass, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 199, 

204, 206, 207, 208 
Kniffen, 235 
Knott, 191 
Kraft, 238 
Lamphere, 209 
Landcraft, 205, 212 
Lane, 116, 117, 217, 220, 222, 226, 234 
Lanforrl, 155 
Langston, 279 
Larson, 256 
Laverty, 220, 221 
Lawton, 80, 149 
Learning. 77 
Ledder, 246 
Lee, 88 
Le Roy, 245 
Levi, 272 
Levit, 182, 184 
Lewis. 177. 211. 276, 2S2 
Lindsay, 264 
Livesay, 262 
Lobb, 
Lock. 104 

Lockhead, 177, 184 
Lockyer, 67 
Logan, 235, 275 
Lombaert, 206 
Lonergan, 272 

Long. 241, 242, 244. 247, 248, 265 
Lott, 112 
Love. 270 
Lovell, 201 
Lozier, 220, 223 
Lucas, 154 . 
Lyon, 2 ;6 
Lyons, 243 
Mahaman, 168 
Major. 22~, 236 
Malbone, 89. 92, 157 
Marchant, 164, 165, 208 



Marling, 275 

.Martin, 205, 206, 211, 212, 2~2 

Mason, 78, 79 

Matala, 277 

Maxwell, 125. 228. 232, 236, 2,v, . 1 

Mayes, 273 
Mayo, 212 
Mayhew, 2--,2 

Meifee, 207 

Meigs, 207 

Melick, 225, 231 

Mentz, 234 

Mertz, 265 

Meyer. 247 

Milner. 254, 256 

Miller. 118. 120. [35, 1711. 171. 217, -'-''• 

232, 2.^ 
Milroy, 261, 21.2, 263, 268, 270, 271, 

-V- 1 . -'79 
Minter, 278 
Mitchell. 174 

Montague, 213 
Moore, 212. 241 
Morrison. 80 

Moss, [66, 28] 

Mumford, 75. 81. 152, 150 

Murphy. 103, 230, 263, 273. 280 

My res. 2(13, 271 

MacMackin, 165 

McCann, 24 s 

McClelland, 23d 

McCrum, 233 

McDavitt, 100. 102 

McDonald, 209, 21,2 

McElwi 1. 221.. 233 

McElwer, 278 

McGreer, 244. 246, 247 

McKay. 184. 186 

McKeen, 237 

McKiney, 273 

McLane, 264 

McLean. 184, 187. 2S0 

McMahan. 27s 

McMillan, 267 

McMullin, 207 

McMurtry, 03 

McSoarran, 7s. 7s 

X alley, 268 

Nearegrass, No 

Nelson, 208 

Nevius, ioc), 112, no, 121. 221, 222 

228 
Newbill, 280 

Newell. 119. 26S, 279 

Newton, 210 
Nichols, 200 
Nicholson, 69 
Niedt, 184 
Noble, 243 
Northedge, r84 



33< i 



THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



-43 

193 
i >wsley, 276 
225 
279 

Tallin : 

Parker, 95, 122, 123, 176 

1 '.LI I 

Parkman, 106, 107 

• [2, 13] 

Patrey, 221 

I '.nun. 255 

. 89, 157 
■ 131 

I'. nix. .260, 261 
Inc. -'45 

kins, 243, -'48 
Perry, 

Pew, 261, 265, 275 
Philhower, 230, 238. 
Philips, 209, 230, 
Piatt, 235 

-'43 
nd, 256 
. 184, 186 

116, 06, 210, 213, ji6, 231, 

239 

r, 209 
11, 71 
Prescott, 88 

Price, -74 

1 1 j 
Proffitt, 279 
Pullen, 245, 248 

. 87 
1 ! ily, Jin 

225, 233 
cy, 256 
Quinlan, 272 
Rahl, in.?, 1 [3 

277, -'.?- 
Kami Iph, 231 
176 

• 278 

1 . tSS, 158 
202, 23 1. _'ii 
127, 228, 232, 237 
191 
67 

Rhim hart, u^ 

-77 

257, 258, -'77 
216 



Rinchart, 231 

I\i^.|< I 

Ritchie, [73, 

, 323 

271 
185 
Robinson, 1 19 
Roden, 198 

i, 238 
Rolling 21 1 
Rowe, 270 
223 
238 
Ruffner, 1 19, 202, - 206, _'i->. 

213 
Runk, 
Rupp, 215 
Salamon, 
Samson, . 
Sampson, 262, 270 

J09 
Schenck, -'17 
Schenkel, 221, 22? 
Schmittel, 247 
Schnarre, 
Schultz, 269, 279 

. 15-'. 273 

Seidensticker, 257 
beaver, 254, 235, 
Shad. 

Shaffer, 214 

Shanglc, ikel > 

Shaw, 213, 234 
193 

27 t 
Shelton, 21 

Slur' , 15S 

Shield .. -75 

Shrewsbury 
Slnirt- 
Sidwi II, 327 

212 

280 

I [2 
213 

-MO 

Smart, 

Smith, t8, [7; 233, -'.?4. 

255, 

322 
Smyth, 95 
Snyder, 211 
Southwick 
Ford, 278 



IXDEX TO A.MERICAX NAMES 



337 



Sparks, 265 
Stanley, 245, 248 
Steele, 273 
Steele, [92, 3.7 
Stiles, 91 
Stipp, 275 
Stephenson, 279 
btergeon, 237 
Steward, 244 
Stewart, 133, 195, 208, 235 
Stockton, tor 
Stone, 254, 257, 274 
Stoughton, 213 
Stratton, 20S 
Streat, 200 
Strickland, 131 
Strode, 277 
St n nig, 1 10. 223 
Strother, 281 
Struthers, 131 

Stryker, lit, 112, 206, 219, 324 
Sturgeon, 230, 239 
.Summers, 211, 264 
Sutphen, 217 
Sutton, 221, 234, 276 
Suydani, 1 19 
Swallow, 242, 245 
Swartswelter, 268 
Swingley, 22^ 
Talliaferro, ^,27 
Taylor, 174 
Teats, 22S. 237 
Teeple, 22I), 234 
Ten Broek, no 

Ten Eyck, 224. 228, 231, 2^-, 238 
Terhune, 96, 112 
I ester, 227 

Thompson, 213 219, 244 
Thomson, 133 
Tin irnton, 243 
Thurston. [55 

Todd, 217. 224, 225. 231, 232 
Totten, 49 
Tower, 234 
Tracy, 249 
I rego, 133 
True. 209 
Tunison, 226 
Turner, 237 
Tuttle, 2112 

I wei dy, 79, 87, 88, 89, 92, 155, 157 
Twombly, 235 
Underwood, 276, 280 
Unsell, 268 

Updike, 82, 83, 84, 86 
Uptegrow, 2(12. 264, 27$ 
Upti 11, 209 
Usher, 71, 72 
Vail, 225 
Valentine, 249 
Van Cleef, 112 



Vanderbeek, 230 

Vandermeyer, 217 

Van I like, 218, 219, 222 

Van I lollen, 246 

Van I loren, 208, 323 

Van I )yke, 94, 96, [08, [09, 1 [6, 1 18, 

Ml, 127, I2S, 2l6, 222, 223 

Van Lieu , I [2 

Van Nest, 96, 224 

Van Nostrand, 270 

Van Zandt, 224 

Vaughan, 90 

Veghte, 112 

Venable, 263, 327, 328 

Vilyesinski, 113 

Vliet, 1 i'i. 210, 222, 223, 230 

Vborhees, 112. 210, 221. 236, 239 

Vosseller. 22S 

Wait, igg, 212 

Walker. 235 

Wanton, 73. So, So, 90, 91, 154, 157 

Ward, 83, 84, 177, 2S1 

Waring, 137 

Washington, 100 

Watson, 271 

Wallers, 10S 

Welch, 210 

Wells, 278 

Welsh, 224. 225, 232 

West. 213 

Westphal, 22,\ 

Welllerell, 21 I 

\\ 'harry, 22h 

Whipple, 71 

White, 185, 208, 256 

Whitenack, 224 

Whiting, 235 

Whit sett. 224. 247 

Wickham, 85, So 

Wilbur. 205 

Willcox, 255 

Willet, 222, 22s 

Williamson, [58, 262 

Willis. 235 

Willits, 245 

Wilson, 113, 114, 199, 200, 204, 224, 

27S 

Winthrop, 01 

Wolfe. IS. 04. 98, I06 

Wood, 206, 207, 227, 2^^, 236, 266, 276, 

277, 2S0. 281. 2S2 
Woodhull, 325 
Woodward, 224, 246 
Wyckoff, 122, 217. 22^, 227, 233, 235 
Yeater, Sarah, of Missouri, Line of, 

259 

\ eater, 2yi, 260, 262, 263, 264. 265. 267, 
268, 270, 271. 275, 277. 27S, 270. 327. 

Zimmele, 238 



338 



THE HOXi.YM.W FAMILY 



1NDKX i FOREIGN NAMES). 
To Honyman, Honeyman, etc., Christian Names. 



Aaron I... 
Abraham, 180, 
Ada, [63 

169, 172, 173, 174, 175, 1; 

,7. 299, 302, 306, 

Alexa, 160 
Alexander, 14. IS, 5' 

172, 173, 175, 176, 184, 188, 196, [98, 

285, 286, : 104, .105. 310, 311, 

315, 3") 
Alexander V. 
Alexander S., 167 
Alfred, 167 

287, 313 
Allan. [87 
Alson, 294 
Amelia, - 

.\ i Bishop 1. i-'. 15. 16. it,, 57, 

<■-'. 64, in',. [30, Kii. 287, 290 
Andrew 1 Bishop 1. Line of, 145 
Andn « I Rex . I, ?■;. 61 

• 1 I, 15, l ; . 146. 147, 

1 & 1 )ii. [50, i=i. 1 52, 156, irn. 1,-1. 

1,-5. 185, i'/,. [97, 285, 286, 287, 288, 

95, 298, 306, .?! I. 312, 
.ill. 315, 3l6 

Ann. 60. 163, 1S0, 294, 295, 296, 297, 

301, 306, 312 
Anna. [48, [49, 313 
Amu-. 151. [52, 157. [79, 184, J'),-, 306 
Annie, 162, [63, 170, 171. 178 
Archibald, -■<> 1. .;■ 17, 313 

Arthur. [76, 319 

Barbara, 15.!. 156. "73, 176. 290. 302 
Bathia 
Beatrii 

Beatrice M . 187 
min I ' . 194 
1 ir. 287, 296, 305 

M . ip> 
Betrix 

305, 307, 308, 315 
■ run-. [57, 173, 1S7. 194, 
, ,g 
19, [87, 296, 31 1 
t, 151. 153, 15;. [66, 167 
Charles, 167, 17-'. 174. 175. 105, 300, 

( harli 

Charles II.. [68 

Christian, 151, 166, 17.", 189, 2S7, 294, 



297, 298, -*99, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 
■'. 310, 313 
188 
166 
1 lara A., 185 

tance M.. 190 
Coralie, [67 

David, 14. -'<>. 561 57. '45. 1 4". i''t. 17'. 
175, 193. '"}■ 196. 197. 
286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 
295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 302. 303, 
305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311," 
313. 314. 315, 3>9, 3-'4 
David 1.. 
Daniel, [70 
I >■ iuglass R , i7'i 
. 166 

I >Iv. ard, 167, 319 

323 
Edwin, [80 

. 58, 1 )•). 175. 195, 288 

Elizabeth, 146. 156, 159, 160, 163, [69, 
171. 175, 176, [79, 106, 1., 

'-'. 303, 
: . 3». 3' I- 3I9> 
Elizabeth II.. 166 
191 
167 

\ . 17' I 
I ■'.. [67 
Elspet, 46, 14;. ^86, 300. 301, 303. 304, 

31 ,s 
Elspeth, 315 

muel M.. 324 
Emelia, 310 

iSj. [94 

167 

e, 15, 298 

im, 55, 149, 150, 300, 308, 310 
Euphan, 46, 151, [53, 288, 290, 302, 306, 

Euphane, 297 

mia, i7", 17S, 196 

11 mia V, 17S 

165 

M . 1 — < > 
Fanny, 180, 

II in nee, 167 

165 
Francis, 1 
Frank, 187, [91 



INDEX TO FOREIGN NAMES 



339 



Frederick, 148, 166 

Frederick T., 169 

Garland, 163 

George, of Largo, Line of, 163 

George ( Rev. 1 , 16, 46, 56 

George, 15, 58, 14;. 149. 151. 152, 157, 

163. 164. 165, 171, 172, [73, 175, 180. 

190, 191, 197, 286, 288, 289, 291, 292, 

293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 

301, 30-', 305, 306, 307, 309, 310, 319, 

326 
George A., 174, 175, 187 
George-Essex (Sir), 16, 63, 160, 161 
George M. A., 190 
George W., 319 
Gladys M., 167 
Gordon. 179 
Grisel, 292, 293 
Grissell, 298 
Grissil, in 
Grizel, 288 
Grizzel, 293 
Grizzell, 290 
Grace, 171, 193 
Grace A., 171 
Hannah, 159, 170 
Harrie, 151 

Harry, 150, 167, 186, 187, 190, 319 
Harry W., 180, 326 
Hattie, 324 
Helen. 61, 154, 169, 170, 171, 173, 195, 

286, 288, 291, 292, 293, 300, 301, 302, 

304, 311, 312, 315 
Helen H., 1S7 
Heinrich. 324 

Henry, of Kelso, Line of, 164 
Henry, of London, Line of 165 
Henry. 140, 104, [65, 166, 167, 191, 

297, 298, 305, 309, 312, 315, 320 
Henry R., 17S 
Henry W., 186 
Herbert L., 190 
Hew, }04 
Hilda, 165 
Hilda M„ 187 
Ilincks, 320 
Hugh. 15, 191, 285, 289 
Hugh F., 163 
Hugh H.. 313 

Isabel ( Isobel I, 169, 289, 292, 293, 294, 
293. 296, 200. 301, 302, 304, 305. 306, 
307. 309. 312, 319 
Isabel D., 176 

Isabella, 172, 175. 187, 188, 198 
Isabella P.., 171 
Isabella H.. 189 
Jacobina, 304, 307 



James, of Ceres, Line of, 1O7 
James, of I hindee, Line of, [70 
James, of Kingskettle, Line of, 1 7 1 
James, of Mi niimail, I ,ine of, 172 
lames ( Rev. ). 1(1, 17, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61. 

62, 66 
Jami 5, id, 56, 60, 1 18, 146, 1 (7. 1 |o, 

[50, [51, 132, 133, 154, 156, [69, 17". 

171, 172, 177, 178, 170, 184, 189, ion, 

IDI, loll, [97, 286, 287, 288, 290, 291, 

2>)2, 21)3. 294, 205. 296, 207, 298, 300, 

301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 310, 

311. 3", 313, 314, 320 

James I',,, 198, 320 

James F. S., 142, 166, 167 

Limes X., 141, 166 

James S., 176 

James I ( King), 161 

James V ( King ). 146 

James VI (King). 13, 174, 285 

Jane. [62, [63, 173, 175, 170, [80, [86, 

[87, H)7, 315 
Jane II., 1K7 
Janet, 15, 58, 149. 156, 173. 173. [80, 

189, 197, n)8, 286, 288, 290, 201, 204, 

203, 300, 301, 303, 304, 303, 306, 307, 

314. 3 IS 
Jean. [53, 134, Id?, 166. 103. 201, 294, 

203. 300, 302, 303, 304, 306, 107. s 1-2, 

3l6 
Jeanie, 198 
Jeannie, 169 
Jemima, 169, 170 
Jennie, 167 

Jessie, [63, 167, 172. 180, 188, 324 
John ( Dr. ). 137, [89 
John ( Rev. ). 17, 61 
John, of Goshen, Line of, 1N1 
John, of Sandport, Line of, 187 
John, 14, 13, id. 20, 45, 58, 145. 14-". 

140. [52, [54, 156, I?'). 104, i f 11), 170, 

172. [78, 170, IS,,, [8l, 182. 184, 183, 
187, 188, 189, 190, 194, 195, 196, 197, 
198, 283, 287, 288, 289, 2011, 291, 202. 
203. 204, 203, 296, 207, 299, 300. 301, 
302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 
310, 311, 312. 313. 314, 313. 320, 323, 
326 

John C 180, 326 
John F„ 194 
John K. M., 171 
John M.. 187 
John R. C., 1S9, 190. 326 
John T., 32*1 
Joseph, 137, 294, 312 
Josephine, 246 
Kale 163, 167, 320 
Katherine, 58, 149, 28S, 300, 303, 309, 
3il, 312 






THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



167 
po 

"'A 
. 198 
lalen, 55, 
Marii ,. 311 

Mari 

Marji rir. 151 
Marji rie K., [67 
Marj ry, [94, 296, ,;i i 
Mai [7, 55, i [8, i i'>. 14S. 1 

O, [52, [53, [62, [65, r 

1, 173, 174, 176, [78, 180, [84, 187, 
. !■ | 196 197, -'■■ i, 287, JQ0, 
1 

I, 305. 306, 3<X), 3 TO, 313, .514, 
3'5, 320 

Margaret M.. 187 
Marg; i, [78 

Martha, 303 

Mary. 55, [49, [53, 156, [57, 1 5<». 166, 

[70, 171, 175. 17''. [78, 179, 1 No. 

90, 194, 39 1 302, 

306 1, 311, 312, 315, 320, 

Mary A . 

Mary Ann. [91, 196 

Mary I'.. 104 

II. L. R.. 160 
Mary M. I 
Mary McQ. T.. iM 
Matthew X.. 176 
May, 

Mellie, 293 
Michael, 137, i.;S. 181, iSj. iS<. 185, 

Michael, of Larbart, Line of, 188 

■ 15; 
Minnie, [65 
Muir, 197 
Nellie, t(56, 185, 302 

(86, 29 05, 306, jn 
I. (Sir), [61 

Patricl 62,64 

Line of, 190 

151, '5.!. 154, ■ 190, 

1 313 
1 192 
189 
Pet' 188, 193, 296, 311, 

312, 

152, 169, 
Richard B V I (Sir), [58, 160, 161 



Ri ibert ( Vdmiral I, [6, 64 

1 30 
I t, 14, [8, 11. 45, 49, 51, 145. 146, 

1 17. 148, 1 t'>. [50, 151, 153, 156, 158, 

159, 12, [93, 

287, 288, 289, 290, 293, 

iOI, 302, 31 

. .sin. 311, 313, 314 

• V. 178 
Ri b( 1 
Ri berl II.. [89 

: l\ . 169 

[91 
Samfoord, 312 
Samuel, 18, 157 

Samuel, of England, Lino of, 199 
Samuel, of Manchesti 1. 193 

Sarah, 
Sarah A. I 

■ ack, 320 
Sicili: . 

Stephi 
Stuart, H17 

N\, 17') 
nah, 297 
[87 
Thelma, 165 

; 1 lund< e, Lim 

32, [46, 147. 163, 168, 
[72, 171. 175, 194, 198, 286 
15, 

, 3' 1, 312, 

. 315, 316, .;-'<> 
I h imas \.. 178 
Thi imas II. 196 
Thon i 1, 165, 166 
Ti im, 
Vincent, ,520 

15, 164, 165, 183, 285, 286, 
291, 

r J., 17.!. 186 
Willi [6, 17. 49, 62, (14. 161 

William, 1 1' Vlloa, Line of, 194 
W'ilh i llessie, Line 'if. 1.15 

Willi.'' I Cup I 
William, of Markinch, Lin. of, 197 
William, (ki. [45, 151. [52, [53, 151'., 
[58, [59, 161, 162, id.;, i" 
171. 17-'. 17.!. ti. 175, i8t, 18: 

87, 188, 1.);. p.-.. 197, 198, 
199, -' S; - 286, 287, 288, 2f 

197, -■'>•.. 31 

1 1. .<'-'. .513. 

315, 321, 323, 

William V. 178 

William (' . [6, 139, 163, I'M- "'7 

William I'.. 183, 185 

William I ' 

William I 



INDEX TO FOREIGN NAMES 



34' 



William McD. (Sir and Rev.), 16, William S.. [8g 

49. 160. l6l William T., mi 

William 1'. B. F„ 104 Yellow, S., 321 

William R., 170, 179 



INDEX (FOREIGN NAMES). 

To Surnames Other Than Honyman, Honeyman, Etc. 



A.bercrombie, 158 

Achesoun, 286 

Adams, 23. 171 

Airth, 286, 298 

Aitchison, 17.%. 175, 307 

Aitken, 171 

Alison, 312 

Allardyce, 61. 151. 154 

Anderson, 160, 177, 178, 179, 196, 197, 

289, 306, 308, 309, 313 
. \ 1 1 1 1 . 1 y . I < )8 
Arbuthm >t. 55 
Archibold, 305. 311 
Arfkine, 20 

Armadale, Lord, 16, 17, 49, 62, 64 
Arnott, 169 

Auchterlonie, 172, 293, 297 
Austin. 17'). 185 
Baillie, 22. 302, 304 
Baikie, 41 i 
Bain, 301, 303 
Han. I, 13.',. 158 
Baker, [80, 194, 3^6 
Balcauquhill, 309 
Balfour, 153. '7L '95. 3*4 
Balingall, 307 
Ballingall, 197. 303 
Banfss, 303 
Banks. 170 
Barbour, 181, t8j 
Barklay, 170, 303 
Barnett, 170 
Baxter. 309 
Baylis, [66 
Bean, 303 
Beat tic, 305 
Beercroft, 160 
Belfrage, 312 
Bell, 310 
Bennett, 23 
Berry, 196 
Bertram, 157 
Beverige, 30 | 
Bingfield, Baron, 63, 156 
Birrill, 303 
Bisset, 175 

Black, 173. 176, 290, 292, 293, 294, 296 
Blair, 22, 38 



Blyeth, 297, 313 

Blyth. 171. 289 

Blythe, 309 

Bondilly, 293 

Borthw ick, 37 

Boswell, in, 

Bothwell, 38, 48 

Boucher, [95, 196 

Boultron, 31 1 

Bourignon, 44 

Bourthron, 293 

Hi mt mn, 31 1 

Bowen, [59, 160 

Boyne, 169 

Brabauer, 300, 303 

Braxfield, Lord, 63, 156 

Brayne, 320 

Breakness, Lady, 47. 148 

Brown, 174. 297, 3110, 314 

Browne, 305. 315 

I '.nice. 134. 301, 3113. 304, 303 

Brydie, 312 

Buchanan, 38, 45, 47, j 4 ,s, 299 

Buist, -'87, 289, 292, 297 

Buiste, 31 1 

Burkitt, 189 

Burnet, 169, 196 

Burnett, 140 

Burns, 157. 160 

Burrille, 311 

Burton, [66 

Butler, i't~ 

Buyst, 306 

Campbell, 138, r6o, 174, 287 

Carmichael, 54, 55, 63, 147, 148, tin 

Carsel, 293 

Carsuel, 7,08 

Cassels, 163. 164 

Chalmers, 287 

Chaplan, 28s 

Chapman, 162, 163 

Cheine, 288 

< lapperton, 163 

Clark. [69 

Clemitt, 303 

Clerk. 315 

Clerkson, 58 

Clunk-. _v)2 

Cockburn, 299 



3+2 



1 HE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



Collier, 14' 
Conbreath, 312 

' 1 5-' 

Coupar, 29; 

itry, i'n, 188 
. 38, 147 
Craigie, 45, I". 17. 148, ISO, 151, 153. 
288 

11. 25, .??. 41, 59 
ford, 139, 163, 174 
ry , [94 
in on. 305 
Cuningham, 290 

Cunninghame, 20, 45, 4'). 146, M7 
Dall, 304 
Dallas, 1 5< J 
320 
Denmilne, 172. 174 
1.S0 
liars, 295 

308, :il, 312 
ion, 314 
I ling, 306, 307 

1 ii ling, 190 
1 '■ II, ^15 

1 nald 

11 lly, [86 
I )i iinv. 305 
I lougall, 309 
[ 1 uglas, 151 
Downie, 175 
Drummond, 161 
I Irysdaill, 
I lugall, 

00, 305, 308, 309, 

3". 312 

1, [83, [84 
Duni 

iton, 172. 173 

313 
Edward, 61 
nc, 305 

I I'K r, 

I'M 

I 1"1 :: I 6, 152 

[69 
Ewini 

Farmer, 17(1. 31V', 307 
uhar, 173 
. [92 
Fell 

31 1 
I . rney, 3m 



. 293, 295 
Ferny, 306 
Findlay, 300 
Finlayson, 1 r' > 
Flooker, 55. 147. 3'5 
ie, 312 

,44, 176, 308 
1 , " 
Forrett, J.i 
I yth, 303 
Fortay, 308, 309, 310 

,186 
Franklyn, 326 
Fraser, 194 
Fuw, ir'i 

1 1 dner, 286 
Garland, 179 
Geddy, 313 
1 libbi ms, iii 

1 ,il hrist, 290, 291, 314 
i lillespii . [60, 172, 173. 175 
Gilmour, 291 
G 312 
Glen, 171 
166 
perty, 140 

. 292, 300, 303, 304 
Gourlay, 298 

I v\\ . 51 

ijraham (Grahame), 29, 37. 40. 45, 46^ 

47- 50, 51. 5-- "47. 148, 150. 151, 153 ' 
drain, [50 
I .ray. 3(H). 320 
Griefi . 

Grieve, 307. 312 
G rius, 40 

Gullan, 55, 147. 315 
1 [aki ■ 1 -.39 

Halcro, 151, [52, 313 
1 [ales, i. v <), 190 
Hall, 164, [88, 
1 lamilton, j,\. 47 
1 lardie, 291, 292, 306 
Hardy, [64 
I [arkness, [83, 185 
1 lart, 
Hatting, 

m, [71, 307, 3] 1 

1 [1 ddi ■ w eek, 311 

|| 
Hemmings, 
Henderson, 20, 145, [52, 105, 286, 287,-, 

3 n>. 311 
Henrysone, 305 
I lerriot, 304 
Higgott, 1X7 
I lildersham, 59 



INDEX TO FOREIGN NAMES 



343 



Hodgson, 159 

Hogan, 306 

Hoosack, 41, 49, 52 

Home, 189, 190 

Howditch, 159 

Hoy, 187 

I tusband, 312 

Hutcheson, 189 

Hutton, 170, 171 

Imrie, 306, 307 

Innes, 32 

Ireland, 313 

Johnson, 165, 166, 313 

Johnston, 299, 310, 313, 314 

Jok, 314 

Jones, 186 

Kay, 301, 302, 308 

Keddie, 179 

Kelly, 63, 186 

Kemp. 189 

Kennedy, 28 

Kepple, 137 

Key, 302, 315 

Kimbrougli, 62 

Kinnier, 167, 292, 305 

Kinsnead, 166 

Kirk, 172 

Knox, 296 

Lambert, 309 

Lamonte, 54 

Law, 31, 41 

Leask, =;6, 147, 149 

Lee, r8s 

Leitch, 197 

Leutron, 314 

Lidell, 299 

Liddell, 150 

Lightfoot, 320 

Lindsay, 174, 305 

Littister, 285 

.ittle, 175 
Littlejohn, 313 
Livingston, 54, 147, 148 
Lockert, 170 
Lnckheart, 291 
Loesly, 292 
Lornier, 307 
Low. 290, 306, 311 
Lowe, 179, 180 
Li iwesone, 2S7 
Lumsden, 300, 303, 305 
Lundie, 22 
Lych, 308 
Lyon, 195 

Mackay, 02, 133. 156 
Mackie, 172, 173 
Magnus, St., 29 
Malcolm, 140, 170 
Manasse, 324 
M.inlo, Bishop, 46 



Marshall, 102, 299 

Martin, 170, 301 

Martine, 55, 304 

Mason, 183, 187 

Masi ine, 315 

Mastedon, 171 

Mathie, 104 

.Maxwell, 37, 176, 292 

Meldron, 309 

Meldrum, [98 

Mellar, [96 

Mellin, 305 

Mellvin, 305 

Michie, 313 

Middlemas, 166, 167 

Millar, 289, 315 

.Miller. Id;. 297, 301, 303 

Miln, 286 

Milne, 308 

Mitchell. 34, 169. 172 

Moir, 171 

Monod, 159 

Mont, 310 

M lie, 53 

Moore, 183, 1S5 
More, 170, 297, 311 
Moreis, 315 
Mores, 315 
Morgan, 313 
Morris, 16S 
Mortimer, 297 
Moss, 10S 
Mouth. 314 
Muir, 170, 197 
Murray, 31, 46. 147, 197 
Myles, J03 

McCafferty, 184, 1X7 
McFadyen, 178 
McFarlane, 195 
McKague, 162 
McKnab, 296 
McLean. 184, 187 
McLeod, 103 
McNab, 301, 303, 306 
McQueen, 63, 156. 138 
Ness, 306 
Newman, 323 
Newton, 302 
Nichols, 141 
Nicholls, [66 
Nicholson, 133 
Nicoll, 178, 170 
Nicolson, 286 
Norman, 201 
Ogilvie, 162 
Ugilvy, 170 
O'Reilly, 178 
I 'age, 298 

Paterson. 163, 303, 310 
Peace, 320 



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THE HONEYMAN FAMILY 



!, 57, 58, 1 ir. >4 ( ». '?"• 163. T 1 '. 
Peat, 192 

kin, 49 
Pliilili 

■ 154 
Pottle, 62 

un, 287 
Pratt, 313 
Pringill, 305 
Pringle, J'17 

Quayle, 178 
Rabai 

Rae, 52 

, 60, M9. l?l 

Ramsey, 17*. 305, 307, 3H, 3iS. 316 
Ranken, 291 
Rathie, 174 
Ray, 63 

1. 62 
Reddii . 

305 
Reid, Bisl 

Reid, [80, 298, 300, 303, 304, 314, 
Reid 

Rennii . 
Renl 
Rey, 
Reymor, 

rds, 140 
Rikie, 
Ri< d 
Ritchie, 173, i/9 

[63, [68, [69, 170, 198, 287, 

295 
ihan, 190 


Rutherford, ->.? 
Ryld< . 

;. 286, 307 

Saunders, 

che, 16s 
306, 307, 308 
Scott, [72, 175. 176, 287, -'94. 295. 297, 
302, 310, 312 

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Sellers, 137 
Si well, 157 



Sharp, Archbish 28, .;-'. 55 

312 
314 
Simp (15 

ir, 64, 151, [53, 156, 157 

Smealle, ,?i 1 

Smith, 173, 187, 189, 305, 311 

Spence, 309 

Starl .;i_' 

Stein, 50, 106, 153, 160 

■ i"5 
nson, 171 

-1. 53. 
[46, [48, [57, 196 

Stoney, 166, 167 

• 179 
han, 303 
Stuart, 35, 312 
Suttii , 

315 
r, 153. '74. 178 
I erres, .515 
Thirkettle, 160 
Thomas, 163, [67 
Thompson, [68 

[59, I'll, J')4- -'99. 308, 309 
3" 

. 17-'. 173 
Traill, 150 
Tullis, 

Tulli 1 p, 41 

Tullus, 
Turner, 302, 306 

287, 293, 314 
Tyler, 44 

lali . |ig 
Walcar, 285, 287 
Walker, 298, 312, 313, ,514 
Wallace, [48, 150 
Wardrol, 
U ti rs, (86 
Watters, 198 

Watson, 290, 306, 307, ,514, 315 
Webster, [97 
Weir, 

West, i'm. 165 
Weyms, 313 
White, 303 
Whitehead 
\\ hittat, 303 
William, Bi hop, 11 

William. 

■'■■''. 312 

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INDEX TO FOREIGN NAMES 

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Wilson, 178, 288, 301, 302, 303, 306, Wishart, 200 

W? 1 ?' 314 Wood, 22 

W lnter ' 32 ° Young. 314 



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